On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 03:36:35PM +0200, Marco Berizzi wrote: > Steffen Klassert wrote: > > >On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 06:33:18PM +0200, Marco Berizzi wrote: > >> Hello everybody. > >> I'm getting these errors (with packet/connectivity loss) on > >> our firewall after I have plugged in a 3c905C nic. Linux is > >> Slackware 10.2 with vanilla 2.6.16.1. > >> > >> Hints? > >> > >> PS: I have temporary resolved the problem running 'ifconfig > >> eth2 down' and 'ifconfig eth2 up' > >> > >> Apr 5 17:47:07 Teti kernel: eth2: Resetting the Tx ring pointer. > >> Apr 5 17:47:47 Teti last message repeated 4 times > >> Apr 5 17:48:57 Teti last message repeated 7 times > >> Apr 5 17:49:57 Teti last message repeated 6 times > >> Apr 5 17:50:57 Teti last message repeated 6 times > >> > >> Apr 5 17:47:07 Teti kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2: transmit timed out > > > >There were some problems of this kind with 10base2 networks in 2.6.16. > >Could you please try whether 2.6.17-rc1 has this problems too? > > [Sorry for the very huge delay, but after 2.6.17-rc1 upgrade > xfs filesystem crashed]. > > Same problem here with 2.6.17-rc3-git18. Running ifconfig > eth2 down and ifconfig eth2 up resolves the problem for > a while.
Actually I have not really an idea what is going on here, but increasing the debug level could give some more informations. Setting debug=4 is a good start. Did you try older kernel versions too? Steffen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
