[eepro100] Integrated Pro/100 on Intel D815EEA - serious problem

[Noll Janos]

Hi!

 I've tried to get informed about this problem. Using Deja.com-s search, I've
found that many people are having problems with the Intel D815EEA motherboard
(which has an integrated ethernet card).

 The system seems to run "fine" until it gets some (not even too large) net
load...

 I've tried Linux 2.4.1, I've tried the -ac patches, etc. but nothing so far.
kernel logs:
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CPU: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 03
[...]
BIOS Vendor: Intel Corp.
BIOS Version: EA81510A.86A.0040.P09.0011141019
BIOS Release: 11/14/2000
[...]
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/d
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 01:08.0
eth0: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset Ethernet, 00:03:47:3E:44
  Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45
   Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
   General self-test: passed.
   Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
   Internal registers self-test: passed.
   ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b).
[...]
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
last message repeated 5 times
last message repeated 6 times
last message repeated 6 times
last message repeated 6 times
backup last message repeated 2 times
[...]
eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0c80 at 3995/4023 command 000c0000.
 Tx ring dump,  Tx queue 4023 / 3995:
     0 200c0000.
     1 000c0000.
     2 000c0000.
     3 000c0000.
     4 000c0000.
     5 000c0000.
     6 000c0000.
     7 000c0000.
     8 200c0000.
     9 000c0000.
    10 000c0000.
    11 000c0000.
    12 000c0000.
    13 000c0000.
    14 000c0000.
    15 000c0000.
    16 200c0000.
    17 000c0000.
    18 000c0000.
    19 000c0000.
    20 000c0000.
    21 000c0000.
    22 400c0000.
   =23 000ca000.
    24 200ca000.
    25 000ca000.
    26 000ca000.
  * 27 000c0000.
    28 000c0000.
    29 000c0000.
    30 000c0000.
    31 000c0000.
[...]
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 From what I've read, this problem exists with the 2.2.18 kernel too, though I
haven't tried that yet.

 Noll Janos