[vortex] Re: VP6 + 3c905 -- any working machines?
Sean Tuling
stuling@csir.co.za
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:49:21 +0200
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hi bogdan,
mmm, i am unfortunately using intel pentium ii processors and dell =
optiplex gx1 boxes - supposedly good stuff. would using an isa card be an =
option rather than a pci card (i gather the speed may be a problem =
though).
thanks for your help.
regards
sean
>>> Bogdan Costescu <bogdan.costescu@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> 4:11:25 PM =
24-Feb-01 >>>
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Sean Tuling wrote:
> i get the problem in the phase 3 of the slave node boot process. the
> error i get is
>
> eth0: PCI bus error, bust status 80000020, reset had 1999 tick left.
> eth0: Host error, status 8003, FIFO diagnostic register 0000.
>
> the documentation says that this error is fatal (which it is) and means
> there is some hardware problem - difficult to swallow since the systems
> do not seem to have a problem when running a full installation of linux
> (though they may be running 10Mb).
The difference in running at 10 or 100Mbit might be a big one, as the card
has to transfer between network and main memory ten times the data (when
fully loaded). You said that you have some Cyrix machines, I guess that
they are the all-integrated type. They might simply not be able to cope
with the higher traffic.
The error messages that you get are not very meaningfull: they say that
the card has detected a PCI error and the action that is taken is a full
reset of the card, trying to get over the error; AFAIK this is the only
possible action in this situation.
[ If you (Sean) reply to this message, please keep vortex@scyld.com on the
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Sincerely,
Bogdan Costescu
IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY
Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868
E-mail: Bogdan.Costescu@IWR.Uni-Heidelberg.De
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<DIV>hi bogdan,</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks for your help.</DIV>
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<DIV>regards</DIV>
<DIV>sean<BR><BR>>>> Bogdan Costescu=20
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