Re: problems with 3c900 vortex
Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech-lists@twilight.ucw.cz)
Fri, 1 Oct 1999 18:24:30 +0200
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 01:34:27PM +0200, Daniele Bernardini wrote:
> Hi,
> I use a 3c900 with AUI connector.
> My system is a SuSE 6.1 with 2.2.9 kernel
> and I compiled the driver as module.
> At some point the net stop working and I get the following
> message
> eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e000.
> Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty 1703 current 1719.
> Transmit list 00000000 vs. c0f37a70.
> 0: @c0f37a00 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 1: @c0f37a10 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 2: @c0f37a20 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 3: @c0f37a30 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 4: @c0f37a40 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 5: @c0f37a50 length 8000002a status 8000002a
> 6: @c0f37a60 length 8000002a status 8000002a
> 7: @c0f37a70 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 8: @c0f37a80 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 9: @c0f37a90 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 10: @c0f37aa0 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 11: @c0f37ab0 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 12: @c0f37ac0 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 13: @c0f37ad0 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 14: @c0f37ae0 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> 15: @c0f37af0 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> eth0: Resetting the Tx ring pointer.
>
> Then I need to go to single user and reload the module.
> Any idea?
What motherboard do you have? This will happen when (but not only when)
the motherboard has a poor 3.3V supply (all older non-ATX boards), and
the 3c90x and some power-hungry AGP card for example.
I've experienced this with MGA G200, and 3c905 TX cards.
Vojtech
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