[vortex] Possible error in module 3c95x since kernel 2.4.8

[Raymond Lillard]

Gentlemen,

See http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0108.3/0159.html

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Ray



> -----Original Message-----
> From: vortex-admin@scyld.com [mailto:vortex-admin@scyld.com]On Behalf Of
> Andrew Morton
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:40 AM
> To: simon.hitzemann@s2001.tu-chemnitz.de
> Cc: vortex@scyld.com
> Subject: Re: [vortex] Possible error in module 3c95x since kernel 2.4.8
> 
> 
> Between 2.4.7 and 2.4.9 nothing of significance changed in
> drivers/net/3c59x.c.
> 
> Presumably, this PCI abort was brought about by changes
> elsewhere in the kernel.
> 
> 
> simon.hitzemann@s2001.tu-chemnitz.de wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I think I found some serious error in the modules 3c59x:
> > When I'm loading the module and bring up the interface the
> > following error occurs:
> > 
> > eth1: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 2000.
> > eth1: PCI bus error, bus status 00980029
> > eth1: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
> >   Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 1(1)
> >   Transmit list 00000000 vs. c25e5240.
> >   0: @c25e5200  length 80000156 status 80000156
> >   1: @c25e5240  length 80000046 status 00000046
> >   2: @c25e5280  length 80000156 status 00000156
> >   3: @c25e52c0  length 80000046 status 80000046
> >   4: @c25e5300  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   5: @c25e5340  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   6: @c25e5380  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   7: @c25e53c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   8: @c25e5400  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   9: @c25e5440  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   10: @c25e5480  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   11: @c25e54c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   12: @c25e5500  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   13: @c25e5540  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   14: @c25e5580  length 00000000 status 00000000
> >   15: @c25e55c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
> > 
> > I'm not able to establish any network connection. I tried it with
> > different 3Com 905TX Boomerang on different Mainboards, so I
> > believe it has to be a bug in the module. These errors occur only
> > with kernel 2.4.8 or higher.
> > 
> > Simon Hitzemann
> > 
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