eth0: Transmit errors?

[Sean Bruno]

Isn't the "vortex" the old 3com driver?  There have been a lot of
problems with that as I recall.  No fix either.

On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 12:16, t l wrote:
> I've noticed the following messages from /var/log/messages, indicating some problem on my NIC....
> Checking my logs, it looks like this has been happening for most previous releases (I'm now running kernel-2.6.5-1.315).
> When this occurs, the network appears to just sit and wait for about 5-10 seconds and then recover.
> 
> I've replaced router, switch, etc.  (Interface reports at 100Mb/s, full-duplex.  Router reports the same...)
> 
> Anyone seeing this as well?
> 
>    tom london
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82.
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel: Probably a duplex mismatch.  See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 4042(10) current 4042(10)
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   Transmit list 00000000 vs. 0c94e840.
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   0: @0c94e200  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   1: @0c94e2a0  length 800002ba status 000102ba
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   2: @0c94e340  length 8000004a status 0001004a
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   3: @0c94e3e0  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   4: @0c94e480  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   5: @0c94e520  length 800002cf status 000102cf
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   6: @0c94e5c0  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   7: @0c94e660  length 800002b9 status 000102b9
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   8: @0c94e700  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   9: @0c94e7a0  length 8000028b status 8001028b
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   10: @0c94e840  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   11: @0c94e8e0  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   12: @0c94e980  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   13: @0c94ea20  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   14: @0c94eac0  length 80000036 status 00010036
> Apr 11 11:58:16 fedora kernel:   15: @0c94eb60  length 80000036 status 00010036
>  
> 
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