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Bug#556433: [steve@kargs.net: Re: linux-image-2.6.30-2-486: 3c59x: NETDEV WATCHDOG: transmit timed out]

(cc-ing the bug log)
Steve Karg wrote:

> I think the Linux 2.4 kernels worked, but it would have been many
> years ago that I used it, and I don't really recall. I originally used
> a PCMCIA wireless adapter on this laptop when it was running Debian
> and KDE long ago.  I pulled it out of my stash when my NSLU2 crashed
> and I really missed having a keyboard and screen. I wiped the old
> KDE+2.4 kernel, and did a fresh Debian install. I tried to use the
> wireless, but it was too slow for home file serving.  I had the 3com
> PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet adapter lying around and decided to use it.
> That is when I started having problems with the 2.6 kernel and the
> adapter.

Thanks much.
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Hi Jonathan,

Thank you for following up. I still have the laptop running debian (it
is the http server for my home karg.us domain).

> Do you get the timeouts with a 3.x kernel from sid or experimental?
> If so, please report this to the netdev@vger.kernel.org list,
> attaching dmesg output from bootup and cc-ing Steffen Klassert
> <klassert@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de> in case he has driver-specific
> insights plus this bug log so we can track it.

I will try that when I get some free time. I starred this in my gmail inbox. :-)

> If not, can you reproduce it with the latest 2.6.32.y kernel from
> squeeze?  If you can, we can try to find the fix and get it in a later
> stable kernel, and if you cannot, we can declare victory.

Okay.

> Ah, one more question.  Was this a regression?  In other words, has it
> always been this way when trying to use this card, or did some
> previous kernel version work better?

I think the Linux 2.4 kernels worked, but it would have been many
years ago that I used it, and I don't really recall. I originally used
a PCMCIA wireless adapter on this laptop when it was running Debian
and KDE long ago.  I pulled it out of my stash when my NSLU2 crashed
and I really missed having a keyboard and screen. I wiped the old
KDE+2.4 kernel, and did a fresh Debian install. I tried to use the
wireless, but it was too slow for home file serving.  I had the 3com
PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet adapter lying around and decided to use it.
That is when I started having problems with the 2.6 kernel and the
adapter.

Best Regards,

Steve
-- 
http://steve.kargs.net/

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