[eepro100] linux eepro100 problem
Ben Greear
greearb@candelatech.com
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:35:10 -0700
"Eduardo A. Menendez Proupin" wrote:
>
> Dear linuxers,
>
> I have installed Linux Mandrake 8.0 on a Pentium III computer with AOpen
> MX3S Main board (Chipset Intel i815, BIOS R1.11), which has a LAN adaptor
> onboard (I am not quite sure, but it seems to be 82562EM). The installer
> detected the LAN adaptor and installed the driver eepro100.c
> When using the network the LAN adapter is frequently stopped, giving
> typical messages as
Are you connected to a 10bt-HD hub? (This describes all 10bt hubs
I think.) I found that switching to the e100 from Intel fixed that
particular problem. You could also try connecting to some faster
ethernet hub/switch and I think that will fix it too...
Ben
> Oct 22 08:57:15 cdteo kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
> Oct 22 08:57:19 cdteo kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Oct 22 08:57:19 cdteo kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c80
> at 25$
> Other times, while doing telnet, the system freezes and I need to do
> RESET.
> I have seen this kind of problem reported in the list, but I have found no
> solution clearly stated. Please, let me know if such a solution is already
> available.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Eduardo
>
> Some aditional information on my system follows:
>
> 1. The system crashes in any moment when using the telnet
>
> 2. When doing telnet, the network connection is unstable. It is interrupted, some times the connection is reestablished , and some times the system crashes, in such a way that the only one responding touch is RESET. It happens in text and in graphics mode
> . With Windows 98 I have no problem.
>
> 3. Kernel Version
> [root@cdteo /root]# more /proc/version
> Linux version 2.4.3-20mdk (chmou@no.mandrakesoft.com) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
> 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release / Linux-Mandrake 8.0)) #1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001
>
> 4. Typical messages in /var/log/messages
>
> Oct 22 08:55:35 cdteo kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
> Oct 22 08:56:13 cdteo last message repeated 2 times
> Oct 22 08:57:14 cdteo last message repeated 22 times
> Oct 22 08:57:15 cdteo kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
> Oct 22 08:57:19 cdteo kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Oct 22 08:57:19 cdteo kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c80 at 255/283 command 000c0000.
>
> 5. cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 8
> model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> stepping : 6
> cpu MHz : 1001.792
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 3
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
> bogomips : 1998.84
>
> 6. Modules information
>
> isofs 17808 1 (autoclean)
> i810 68272 1
> agpgart 21280 7 (autoclean)
> i810_audio 14064 0
> soundcore 3504 2 [i810_audio]
> ac97_codec 8688 0 [i810_audio]
> eepro100 15920 1 (autoclean)
> usb-uhci 20672 0 (unused)
> usbcore 47248 1 [usb-uhci]
> nls_iso8859-1 2848 2 (autoclean)
> nls_cp850 3584 1 (autoclean)
> vfat 9040 1 (autoclean)
> fat 30720 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
> supermount 32496 4 (autoclean)
>
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