problems with eth3, it is a 3Com NIC!!!

[Luis Miguel Cruz Miranda]

What is the reason of these messages?

Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: eth3: Transmit error, Tx status register 82.
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: Probably a duplex mismatch. See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 82356(4) current 82356(4)
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: Transmit list 00000000 vs. c712f300.
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 0: @c712f200 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 1: @c712f240 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 2: @c712f280 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 3: @c712f2c0 length 800005ea status 800105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 4: @c712f300 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 5: @c712f340 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 6: @c712f380 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 7: @c712f3c0 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 8: @c712f400 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 9: @c712f440 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 10: @c712f480 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 11: @c712f4c0 length 8000012a status 0001012a
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 12: @c712f500 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 13: @c712f540 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 14: @c712f580 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:14 fw-inet1 kernel: 15: @c712f5c0 length 800005ea status 000105ea
Jan 19 14:02:29 fw-inet1 kernel: eth3: Transmit error, Tx status register 82.
Jan 19 14:02:29 fw-inet1 kernel: Probably a duplex mismatch. See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
Jan 19 14:02:29 fw-inet1 kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 82487(7) current 82487(7)

Other interesting information:
# mii-tool eth3 -v
eth3: no autonegotiation, 10baseT-HD, link ok
product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0
basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
link partner: 10baseT-HD

# mii-diag eth3 -v
mii-diag.c:v2.00 4/19/2000 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
MII PHY #24 transceiver registers:
1000 786d 0000 0000 01e1 0020 0004 2001
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0008 0810 0000 0000 0005 2001 0000
0000 2040 07cf 1c11 0011 1000 0000 0000.
Basic mode control register 0x1000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
You have link beat, and everything is working OK.
This transceiver is capable of 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
Your link partner is generating 10baseT link beat (no autonegotiation).
MII PHY #24 transceiver registers:
1000 786d 0000 0000 01e1 0020 0004 2001
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0008 0810 0000 0000 0005 2001 0000
0000 2040 07cf 1c11 0011 1000 0000 0000.
Basic mode control register 0x1000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
Basic mode status register 0x786d ... 786d.
Link status: established.
Capable of 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
This transceiver has no vendor identification.
I'm advertising 01e1: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT
Advertising no additional info pages.
IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
Link partner capability is 0020: 10baseT.
Negotiation did not complete.


Luis Miguel Cruz Miranda.
CCNA - Systems Administrator

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