Re: ethX problems
* Peter Corbett schrieb am 17.12.08 um 02:05 Uhr:
>
> Pawel Krzywicki wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am having a problem with my network interfaces.
> > I have installed Debian on SUN sunfire V100. Whole installation process went
> > pretty well and nearly without any problems. However straight after
> > installation I have noticed that none of my network interfaces is working
> > properly. Only what I can actually see in my logs is :
> >
> > eth0: Tx timeout - resetting
> > SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
> > SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
> >
> > eth1: Tx timeout - resetting
> > SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
> > SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
> >
> > System is working normally and every time when I will make my eth0 and
> > eth1interfaces down I do not see any of errors. However only access which I
> > have to this machine is trough minicom from other Linux box - which is
> > totally pointless if you want to run this server as a webserver :)
> >
> > I have found something on google however it is not much there.
> > Does anyone of you have any idea how to make my network interfaces to work?
>
>
> I've seen this happen on Netra X1's as well.
> There are 2 drivers which can run the onboard NICS - the proper tulip,
> and the related dmfe. The udev (I think?) loads the dmfe driver, which
> can read the config eeprom, but makes the ports flap when it starts
> sending data. Add tulip to /etc/modules (and maybe move the dmfe.ko file
> out of the way) and life should be good.
There is also a "blacklist" command for modules, so you do not have
wipe them from the disk or rename them.
-Marc
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