eth1: Transmit timeout (...)

["Jordi S . Bunster" <jsb@nautilus.com.br>]

Dear hardware gurus ....

What should I do about such a message? Replace the card?

Aug 10 09:09:32 ioeweb kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 media 08.
Aug 10 09:09:32 ioeweb kernel: eth1: Tx queue start entry 361077  dirty entry 361073.

Here's some dmesg from the card:

eth1: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ 11, 00:e0:7d:8b:09:55.
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 media 08.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 361077  dirty entry 361073.
eth1:  Tx descriptor 0 is 00080494.
eth1:  Tx descriptor 1 is 0008203c. (queue head)
eth1:  Tx descriptor 2 is 000822a8.
eth1:  Tx descriptor 3 is 100802a8.
eth1: MII #32 registers are: 1000 782d 0000 0000 01e1 0000 0000 0000.

I wonder ... the link even drops from time to time.

 -- Jordi S. Bunster