[realtek] new SMC card not working

Jacob Brown proxy@abyss.dyndns.org
Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:46:10 +0000


I just got a new SMC networking card (because it was cheap and fast) and
am trying to get it to work in linux.  It worked perfectly normal in the
first linux machine I put it in, but when I put it in my server and try
to use the rtl8139 kernel module I get messages like:

Sep 27 21:17:50 abyss kernel: rtl8139.c:v1.07 5/6/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
Sep 27 21:17:50 abyss kernel: eth1: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek
RTL8139) at 0xe400, IRQ 10, 00:e0:29:84:dc:41.
Sep 27 21:18:04 abyss kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005
media 00.
Sep 27 21:18:04 abyss kernel: eth1: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry
0.
Sep 27 21:18:09 abyss kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005
media 00.
Sep 27 21:18:09 abyss kernel: eth1: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry
0.
Sep 27 21:18:14 abyss kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005
media 00.
Sep 27 21:18:14 abyss kernel: eth1: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry
0.
Sep 27 21:18:52 abyss kernel: eth1: RTL8139 Interrupt line blocked,
status 5.
Sep 27 21:20:52 abyss kernel: eth1: RTL8139 Interrupt line blocked,
status 4.

I'm pretty sure I don't have an IRQ conflict... but the way plug and
pray is.... I really have no control over my IRQs anymore.  Here's part
of my lspci -v :

00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX
(rev 10)
        Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1207D Fast Ethernet
Adapter
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at e400
        Memory at e7001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

It's the only thing lspci lists using the IRQ10........
Thanks for any comments/suggestions,
Jacob Brown