Re: curious Ethernet errors

[provinsd@enf403-2.ensu.ucalgary.ca (Dean Allen Provins)]

Thanks to the two respondents.

I updated the kernel to 2.2.14, but the problem symtoms simply changed
too.  So I switched to another card and the problem has stopped.

Must have been hardware.

Regards,

Dean
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> 
> Hello:
> 
> I have been experiencing curious NIC error messages, none of which
> mean anything to me.  Any assistance in comprehending their content is
> welcome.
> 
> System is Debian 2.1 (up to date) on Pentium, 64 MB, with NIC (from
> dmesg),
> 
> eth0: PCnet/ISA 79C960 at 0x340, 00 00 f4 b1 84 e7, probed IRQ 12, DMA 7.
> lance.c:v1.14ac 1998/11/20 dplatt@3do.com, becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> 
> The error message that appears in 'dmesg' at various times after
> booting is:
> 
> eth0: transmit timed out, status 0062, resetting.
> Ring data dump: dirty_tx 118 cur_tx 134 (full) cur_rx 58.
> 83c09800 0608 00b6 83d3b800 0608 0040 83d3b000 0608 0040 83d3a800 0608 00b6
> 83d3a000 0608 0076 83d39800 0608 0040 83d39000 0608 0040 83d38800 0608 00b6
> 83d38000 0608 0040 83fd7800 0608 0076 83fd7000 0608 00ea 83fd6800 0608 00b6
> 83fd6000 0608 0044 83fd5800 0608 00b6 83fd5000 0608 0041 83fd4800 0608 0040
> 83ff0000 002a 0000 83f26002 04fe 0000 83c09002 05ea 0000 83c08802 05ea 0000
> 83ff1820 002a 0000 83ff1e28 002a 0000 83fd4002 04fe 0000 83ff2a38 05ea 0000
> 83ff3040 05ea 0000 83c08002 04fe 0000 83f27002 05ea 0000 83f26802 05ea 0000
> 83f27802 04fe 0000 83ff4e68 05ea 0000 83ff5470 05ea 0000 83ff5a78 002a 0000
> 
> Note that error messages of this form, but different content appear
> irregularly, but frequently (2 in < 24 hours this time).
> 
> Is the NIC bad, or do I have another problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dean Provins
> Calgary
> 
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