[vortex] 3Com 3c59x driver problem

[Robert Perry]

Bogdan Costescu wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Robert Perry wrote:
>
> > ... chip to be "3Com 3c920 (3c905c-tx compatible)".  Linux
> > runs, but everything network related is painfully slow.  When starting
> > telnet or ftp functions, the system will hang for 2-3 minutes before
> > finally making the connection.  During ftp operations, the screen is
> > streaming messages and, what appears to be, register dumps.  The message
> > indicates something to do with "bus mastering".
>
> The logs that you have posted do not show any kind of problem.
> Can you please post the actual "register dumps". Please check
> /var/log/messages and/or 'dmesg' output to find any error message related
> to the network driver.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bogdan Costescu
>
> IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
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Thank you for your help on this!

The following is from /var/log/messages on my Dell laptop.  I initiated an FTP
connection from my desktop (192.168.1.3) to my laptop (192.168.1.5).  After a
long wait (about 1 1/4 minutes) , it connected, and I typed the login &
password.
I then typed "ls", which worked as expected.  What you see here was also on my
laptop screen.

Sep 25 17:40:18 localhost ftpd[1015]: FTP LOGIN FROM 192.168.1.3
[192.168.1.3], rfp
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 123(11) current
123(11)
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   Transmit list 00000000 vs. cf2874c0.
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   0: @cf287200  length 80000042 status
00010042
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   1: @cf287240  length 80000062 status
00010062
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   2: @cf287280  length 80000042 status
00010042
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   3: @cf2872c0  length 8000005b status
0001005b
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   4: @cf287300  length 80000042 status
00010042
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   5: @cf287340  length 80000055 status
00010055
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   6: @cf287380  length 80000073 status
00010073
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   7: @cf2873c0  length 8000004a status
0001004a
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   8: @cf287400  length 80000081 status
00010081
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   9: @cf287440  length 80000442 status
00010442
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   10: @cf287480  length 80000348 status
80010348
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   11: @cf2874c0  length 8000002a status
0001002a
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   12: @cf287500  length 8000002a status
0001002a
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   13: @cf287540  length 8000002a status
0001002a
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   14: @cf287580  length 80000085 status
00010085
Sep 25 17:40:23 localhost kernel:   15: @cf2875c0  length 8000002a status
0001002a
Sep 25 17:42:02 localhost ftpd[1015]: FTP session closed

I hope this will be of help.

Thank you again.

Bob Perry