[vortex] networking problems

[Larsson Magnus]

Hi, 

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question but ill give it
a go anyway.

I own a Compaq Armada e500 that has a 3com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus NIC
(PCMCIA). This card uses the 3c59x driver and i have compiled the driver
into the kernel (2.4.0), i have also tried it as a module. My problem is
that I get many errors, they are increasing all the time when i run ifconfig
to check. And after a few minutes my network connection freezes wich means
that I cant connect to anything and my current downloads 'stalls'. When this
happens I have to reboot my computer to be able to download for another few
minutes again. I have no idea what this is caused by so I'll include some
entries from /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages.

Syslog:

Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00
status e000.
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty
1381(5) current 1397(5).
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   Transmit list 0030b250 vs. c030b250.
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   0: @c030b200  length 8000002a status
0000002a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   1: @c030b210  length 8000002a status
0000002a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   2: @c030b220  length 8000002a status
0000002a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   3: @c030b230  length 8000002a status
8000002a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   4: @c030b240  length 8000004a status
8000004a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   5: @c030b250  length 80000036 status
00010036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   6: @c030b260  length 80000036 status
00000036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   7: @c030b270  length 80000036 status
00000036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   8: @c030b280  length 80000036 status
00000036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   9: @c030b290  length 80000036 status
00000036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   10: @c030b2a0  length 80000036 status
00000036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   11: @c030b2b0  length 80000036 status
00000036
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   12: @c030b2c0  length 8000004a status
0000004a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   13: @c030b2d0  length 8000002a status
0000002a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   14: @c030b2e0  length 8000004a status
0000004a
Jan 24 15:26:42 WMLI002676 kernel:   15: @c030b2f0  length 8000002a status
0000002a

Messages:

Jan 24 15:20:33 WMLI002676 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Jan 24 15:21:04 WMLI002676 last message repeated 39 times
Jan 24 15:22:05 WMLI002676 last message repeated 76 times
Jan 24 15:23:06 WMLI002676 last message repeated 77 times
Jan 24 15:24:07 WMLI002676 last message repeated 76 times
Jan 24 15:25:08 WMLI002676 last message repeated 76 times
Jan 24 15:26:09 WMLI002676 last message repeated 76 times
Jan 24 15:26:31 WMLI002676 last message repeated 28 times

I have also noticed a warning when I boot that says:

"PCI: No IRQ known for interupt pin A of device 02:00.0. Please try using
pci=biosirq"

So, I tried to enter "linux pci=biosirq" at the liloprompt

And then I only got the first part of the message:
"PCI: No IRQ known for interupt pin A of device 02:00.0."

Could this have something to do with it.

Im a bit desperate so any suggestions are welcome!

/magnus