Broken 2.4 Kernel? (was: Re: netdev watchdog eth0 transmit timed out)
Hi,
i had the same problem. First with a 'D-Link'-card with Via-Rhine Chipset.
With a 2.2 kernel everything was fine. With the 2.4 i got 'netdev watchdog
eth0 transmit timed out'. The problem showed up with both, the 2.4.16 and
2.4.18 kernel.
Same thing with a RTL8139-card. Now i'am sitting here with a 2.2 kernel :-(.
It seems to me, that there is a general problem with the 2.4 Debian-Kernel. (I
havent seen any error like this before, on several systems with a wide range
of nics). Can anybody prove/disprove this?
Bord: EliteGroup K7S6A
Distro: Debian 3.0r1 stable and testing
Regards,
Ulf Janitschke
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 06:42:55PM +0100, Anand Buddhdev spake thus:
> > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 11:42:58AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
> >
> > g'day all,
> >
> > i've just set up a debian box for use as a server, using woody.
> > everything has gone well apart from this message which keeps coming
> > through every now and then:
> >
> > netdev watchdog eth0 transmit timed out
> >
> > i used the 2.4 kernel which came with the disks - 2.4.18-bf2.4. the
> > network cards on the box both use the rtl8139 module.
>
> I have the exact same issue - I have an onboard RTL8139 ethernet device
> on my desktop. It works just fine with FreeBSD 4.7, and also with RedHat
> 8.0. However, I wouldn't work with the Debian 2.4.18-bf2boot floppy,
> giving the same eth0 transmit timeout error.
>
> Following Alvin Oga's advice, I got a completely different box and still
> have the same problem with the RealTek-based cards. I even compiled a new
> kernel from the 2.4.19 source and installed it but I keep getting the same
> > message:
>
> netdev watchdog eth0 transmit timed out
>
> On my existing server, the same card has been running without any problem
> since late 2000. The kernel is 2.2.20.
>
> Any hints to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sam
> - --
> Sam Varghese
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