[vortex] old problem? with vortex driver

[David Dunlop]

I have a problem simuler to the one in these archives:
http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-vortex-bug/1998-Jan/0002.html
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0005.2/0171.html

When I Download at High speeds I get this into my logs:
Mar 21 20:49:55 zaphod kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
Mar 21 20:50:31 zaphod kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Mar 21 20:50:31 zaphod kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 
status e000.
Mar 21 20:50:31 zaphod kernel:   diagnostics: net 0c80 media 88c0 dma 
00080000.
Mar 21 20:51:34 zaphod kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
Mar 21 20:52:01 zaphod kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Mar 21 20:52:01 zaphod kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 
status e000.
Mar 21 20:52:01 zaphod kernel:   diagnostics: net 0c80 media 88c0 dma 
00000001.
Mar 21 20:52:44 zaphod kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
Mar 21 20:53:17 zaphod kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
Mar 21 20:54:34 zaphod kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.


and transfers stop each time this happens.

here is some other info:

[root@zaphod log]# dmesg |grep 3c
3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
02:0c.0: 3Com PCI 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps at 0xdf20. Vers LK1.1.16
[root@zaphod log]# uname -a
Linux zaphod.res.wpi.net 2.4.18 #1 Wed Mar 20 20:42:50 EST 2002 i686 unknown

thanks for any help you can provide

DD