Monkey boy needs help! Transmit timed out:...

[Gisli Ottarsson]

Daniel:

Thanks for your response and thanks for clarifying the distinction 
between the storm problem and my lack of as much as a breeze.

I think you must have overlooked the driver version info in my post.
Indeed it was included in the piece you cited, i.e.

 eepro100.c:v1.09l 8/7/99  (latest?)
 eepro100.c:v1.06 10/16/98 (standard with 2.2.13)
 eepro100.c:v1.05 10/16/98 (used below)

Is this not the information you are referring to?

Gisli


>>>>> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:29:52 -0400, you said:
 
  DS> Gisli Ottarsson wrote:
  >> 
  >> Please help me solve my eepro100 problem which I outline below.
  >> 
  >> Hardware:
  >> 
  >> Doorstop 486 PCI, Intel Saturn motherboard, 16Mb RAM :-(
  >> Intel 82557 EtherExpressPro100B
  >> 
  >> Kernel:
  >> 
  >> Linux 2.2.13 stripped to the bare essentials.  No module support.
  >> Compiled with gcc version 2.95.1
  >> 
  >> Driver versions tested:
  >> 
  >> eepro100.c:v1.09l 8/7/99  (latest?)
  >> eepro100.c:v1.06 10/16/98 (standard with 2.2.13)
  >> eepro100.c:v1.05 10/16/98 (used below)
  >> 
  >> The frequently repeated suggestion to set the value of
  >> multicast_filter_limit to 0 or 3 was tried (by editing eepro100.c)
  >> but this did not affect my problem.

  DS> That parameter doesn't affect the transmit timeout. It affects ethernet
  DS> storms which eminate from the card when the card is used for multicast
  DS> in certain situations.

  DS> [other stuff deleted]

  DS> What you don't say anywhere is what version of the eepro100 driver
  DS> you're using. Since you've built this kernel, go to the source of the
  DS> driver and give that info. There've been reports of a recent driver
  DS> version having an effect on the transmit timeout problem, I think. (I
  DS> haven't had the transmit timeout problem, only the multicast storm
  DS> problem myself. Post the info to the list, and perhaps someone who's
  DS> been tracking the transmit timeout problem will be able to help).

  DS> -- 
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  DS> Daniel Senie                                        dts@senie.com
  DS> Amaranth Networks Inc.            http://www.amaranthnetworks.com