[vortex] Problems with 3c59x

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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Bogdan Costescu wrote:

> Why this short time between timer ticks ? The unabridged logs show even 
> more of this to what seem to me like random intervals. Is the machine too 
> busy and can't keep up with logging and thus the timestamps are misleading?

No, my machine its logs all the events. I'm very sure about this.

> This is later in the logs:
> 
> Dec 12 17:37:04 lapd eth1: IRQ 11 is physically blocked! Failing back to 
> low-rate polling.
> 
> and I belive that it doesn't just happen then because of 
> down/rmmod/insmod/up.

No ... In the past, the driver prints on my logs when the IRQ is blocked 
but from v0.99Xg the driver do not prints that problems ... why?

> > Ahhh, buglet.  This can never happen in normal use, but it can when the
> > Tx queue was full before being shut down.
> 
> Andrew fixed this in the kernel driver about a year or so ago :-)
> I think that it was even mentioned on this list, but I might be wrong...
> 
> > Bogdan, do you know where there is a listing of which APIC bugs were
> > fixed when?
> 
> I don't know of such a list to exist; the fixes seem to come from 
> different persons (from the Changelogs) so I don't think that such a list 
> could exist...
> 
> > I guess I can't suggest trying a newer kernel ;->.
> 
> No, but maybe an older one or a vendor supplied one. This will show if the 
> breakage is recent :-)

I tried a lot of kernels including all 2.4.18-* from RedHat (my box 
running an RedHat). 2 weeks I ocupied with kernel to find a stable 
solution form my box. All the kernel from redhat OOPSes ...

> And from Cosmin's message:
> 
> > My machine is:
> > M/B Tyan TIGER 200
> > 2 CPUs x 1GHz Intel PIII
> 
> I was just about to ask about the machine, because it was never mentioned 
> if it's a SMP one (which I believed to be after seeing the "Tx ring full" 
> messages) or UP with/without APIC. Does it have the lastest BIOS version ? 
> This sometimes helped to aleviate interrupt related problems - generally 
> speaking, nothing specific to this board. If the BIOS has the option of 
> MPS level, could you try changing from 1.4 to 1.1 or vice-versa ?

Yes ... my machine it's a SMP. I'm using MPS 1.1 and I will try to change 
to 1.4 and to boot with noapic option. Right now i'm looking on the tyan 
site for the newest BIOS.

Thanx you,
Cosmin