Wm. Josiah Erikson [josiah@cw.insanetechnology.com] wrote: > Hello all, > I have debian sarge with kernel 2.4.20 on a Compaq XP1000 (500Mhz > EV6 with 512MB of RAM), and the ethernet randomly "freezes" all the time, > for anywhere from 1 second to 30 seconds or so. I've tried this with three > different ethernet cards - an RTL8139, a 3c905-TX, and the original > DECChip tulip card. All exhibited exactly the same behavior. I tried > changing the ethernet cable, and plugging it into an HP 10Mbit switch > instead of the Cisco 3500XL that it's normally plugged into. Does anybody > have any clues as to why this would be? Is more information needed? Should > I report this to the kernel list instead? I can send my kernel config if > that would be useful (it's a custom kernel, as all of mine are) > Thanks! BTW I also had lots of errors in the kernel log: Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: Tx ring dump, Tx queue 535658 / 535598: Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: 0 200ca000. Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: 1 000ca000. Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: 2 000ca000. ... Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: Printing Rx ring (next to receive into 293216, dirty index 293216). Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: 0 00000001. Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: 1 00000001. Apr 5 19:17:15 bestor kernel: eth0: 2 00000001. ... Cheers, Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics] "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman
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