[tulip-bug] PCI fatal bus error

[Glenn Ammons]

I am using version 0.93 of the Tulip driver with a LinkSys EtherFast
10/100 LAN Card (model LNE100TX, version 4) to communicate with a
cable modem at about 700Kbps (half of a T1, whatever that is).  My
kernel version is 2.2.15.  Everything seems to work fine, except that
I get these error messages:

  eth0: PCI Fatal Bus Error, fc67e050

The address is always the same.  The error messages occur frequently,
averaging about one per second.

The machine is an old Gateway P90.  The documentation for the card
says that it requires a PCI 2.1 compliant motherboard and BIOS, and
that the card should be inserted in a bus mastering PCI slot.  I have
no idea if my motherboard and BIOS are up to snuff or if the slot is
bus mastering (how would I tell?).

Any suggestions for making the messages go away?  Please let me know
if you need more information about my setup.

Thanks.
--glenn