Re: Ethernet card intermittent problem (3com FE575CT on a TwinHead PowerSlim)
I have noticed the problem too with the same card. I have discovered that it
usually takes a minute or two after boot up for the card to be fully
initialized. I used to do the /etc/pcmcia/network start/stop thing too. Not
any more :-). Now I just get myself some coffee, and it's ready when i get
back.
-Andy Saxena
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephane Bortzmeyer" <bortzmeyer@internatif.org>
To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Cc: "Frank Mouly" <fm@internatif.org>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: Ethernet card intermittent problem (3com FE575CT on a TwinHead
PowerSlim)
>
> A TwinHead PowerSlim 600, running Debian 2.2, has a problem with its
Ethernet
> card, a 3com FE575CT. It works but, from time to time (after one hour or
two)
> the card is no longer usable: no IP packet comes out.
>
> The log says:
>
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00
status
> e000.
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty 3658
> current 3674.
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: Transmit list fffffff8 vs. c5baa2a0.
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 0: @c5baa200 length 800005ea status
800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 1: @c5baa210 length 800005ea status
800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 2: @c5baa220 length 8000002a status
8000002a
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 3: @c5baa230 length 8000002a status
8000002a
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 4: @c5baa240 length 8000002a status
8000002a
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 5: @c5baa250 length 800005ea status
800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 6: @c5baa260 length 8000002a status
8000002a
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 7: @c5baa270 length 8000002a status
8000002a
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 8: @c5baa280 length 8000002a status
8000002a
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 9: @c5baa290 length 800005ea status
800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 10: @c5baa2a0 length 800005ea status
> 800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 11: @c5baa2b0 length 800005ea status
> 800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 12: @c5baa2c0 length 800005ea status
> 800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 13: @c5baa2d0 length 800005ea status
> 800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 14: @c5baa2e0 length 800005ea status
> 800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: 15: @c5baa2f0 length 800005ea status
> 800005ea
> Sep 11 12:04:08 theleme kernel: eth0: Resetting the Tx ring pointer.
>
> Rebooting the machine cures it. Sometimes, /etc/init.d/pcmcia stop + start
clears the problem, too.
>
> Linux version 2.2.17
> PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.8
>
> The card is recognized:
>
> eth0: 3Com 3CCFE575CT Cyclone CardBus at 0x100, 00:50:04:e9:28:04, IRQ 3
> eth0: CardBus functions mapped 60020000->c6066000
> 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, MII interface.
> MII transceiver found at address 0, status 7809.
> Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
> eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
>
> cardctl says:
>
> Socket 0:
> product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575CT", "LAN Cardbus Card",
"004"
> manfid: 0x0101, 0x5257
> function: 6 (network)
>
>
>
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