[realtek-bug] rtl8139 - another repeating error (??)

[Dan Miller]

We're using version 1.17, from the Scyld website.
We're not in a multiprocessor environment; should this message be controlled by an "#ifdef __SMP" or some such control??

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Becker [mailto:becker@scyld.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:38
> To: Dan Miller
> Cc: realtek-bug@scyld.com; David Peavey (Work) (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [realtek-bug] rtl8139 - another repeating error (??)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Dan Miller wrote:
> 
> > We're still running our test system as defined previously: WebStone
> > with 500 connections...  We find that periodically through the night
> > (about once every 1-3 minutes) we get the following message on the
> > receive side: 
> > 
> > eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 media 10. 
> 
> The older driver versions, from over a year ago, had a false-trigger
> window for this message on SMP machines.  The interrupt 
> handler could be
> delayed long enough for another processor to think that the interrupt
> had not been handled.
> 
> What version are you using?
> 
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