[vortex] problems with a 3Com NIC using RH

[S. K.]

Hi, I was pointed to this e-mail address for questions
about a 3com NIC in linux.

I'm using Linux version 2.4.7-10smp
(bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version
2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #1 SMP Thu
Sep 6 17:09:31 EDT 2001
with a 3Com NIC card using module 3c59x.
 
for some reason after running for a couple of hours
through heavy traffic I get the error:

Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2:
transmit timed out
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel: eth2: transmit timed
out, tx_status 00 status e601.
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   diagnostics: net 0cd8
media 8880 dma 0000003a.
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel: eth2: Interrupt posted
but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device?
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   Flags; bus-master 1,
dirty 10856077(13) current 10856077(13)
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   Transmit list 00000000
vs. deaf9540.
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   0: @deaf9200  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   1: @deaf9240  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   2: @deaf9280  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   3: @deaf92c0  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   4: @deaf9300  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   5: @deaf9340  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   6: @deaf9380  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   7: @deaf93c0  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   8: @deaf9400  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   9: @deaf9440  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   10: @deaf9480  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   11: @deaf94c0  length
800000d5 status 800100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   12: @deaf9500  length
800000d5 status 800100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   13: @deaf9540  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   14: @deaf9580  length
800000d5 status 000100d5
Jun 29 01:35:33 teeth kernel:   15: @deaf95c0  length
800000d5 status 000100d5

in the kernel message logs.

these lines of error appear every 10 seconds from then
on. The system becomes unrecheable remotly. (i.e.
unseccessfull ping or telnet).  However, from the
terminal the system seem to be running fine but I
cannot reach any computer in the network.  Also at
this point the other computers on the network have
<incomplete> as a MAC address value for the system in
question.  I checked if any other device was using the
same IRQ, however that is not the case.

Do you know why this happening? and how it can be
fixed? or even were I can read up more info on this?

thanks for you time

--Sam

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