3c59x: recurring transmit errors (solved?)

[Yeak Nai Siew]

>memory doesn't seem to be an issue for me.  I've got one webserver with
>256 meg of ram that still has the ethernet timeout messages... it seems
>that high traffic causes the timeout on that machine.   I also have a
>nameserver that also tends to lock up in the same fashion.  It only has
>64M of ram, but then again, all it's doing it providing name service...
>once again the symptoms seem to be traffic related...
>

I also noticed the ethernet timeout occured during the name resolving time.
During that time I usually have the log analysis (analog) software running
to do the analysis. Lots of IP to name conversion is happening.

I remember last time I did try to upgrade the kernel to 2.1.x. The
networking performance is noticable improved. I saw this when I run
netatalk to do the AppleTalk routing. I think the networking code in 2.1.x
kernel must have changed a lot. Too bad I didn't try to run the machine for
long using 2.1.x kernel. So I don't know if ethernet timeout problem still
exist there. Does this explain upgrading kernel to 2.1.x can solve the
problem?



--
Yeak Nai Siew          << Macintosh Forever >> << Linux Forever >>
MIR Communications Sdn Bhd                  http://www.mir.com.my/
Creator of Mac Power User Group        http://www.mir.com.my/mpug/
Public Key                     http://www.mir.com.my/~yeak/pgp.txt
Think different.              http://www.apple.com/thinkdifferent/