GNIC-I in a SMP (Intel AP450GX Server)

[Donald Becker]

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Anthony Caola wrote:

> Has anyone been successful using the yellowfin driver for a GNIC-I in a 
> four-processor Intel AP450GX Server?
> 
> Packet Engines customer service tells me that their NT driver had to be 
> rewritten to accomodate the GX chipset due to timing issues and something 
> about padding the "total word length".

That doesn't ring any bells.

> When attempting to use the latest version of the driver (1.02) and linux 
> 2.1.124, we see that the card's TX light doesn't come on and the error message:
> "eth0:  Yellowfin transmit timed out, status 00000008, resetting. . ." is 
> reported.  Our EtherExpress Pro 100 functions perfectly in this computer using 
> the eepro100.c driver.  If I go into 'netcfg' and deactivate and re-activate 
> the card, the GNIC will let a few pings squeak out -- they're visible watching 
> the TX light -- but then the card hangs and the net goes dead.

What is the /proc/net/dev count after this?  Is the number of transmitted
packets related to TX_RING_SIZE?  Or is it something on the card itself..

> Anthony Caola                Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Phone:  (617) 253-6547       Department of Chemical Engineering
> Fax:    (617) 258-8224       25 Ames St., Building 66-250
> Email:  caola@mit.edu        Cambridge, MA  02139

I used to live at 3 Ames St..

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