3Com AirConnect Tx timeout

[Jean Tourrilhes]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:04:34PM +0200, Sarantis Paskalis wrote:
> > 
> > 	I would recommend to try orinoco 8b (or maybe 9a).
> 
> Thanks for the tip!  Both versions behave much better than 0.07 (the RedHat
> default for kernel-2.4.9-21) or 0.09b (again the RedHat default for their
> rawhide 2.4.9.17-0.18) or 0.10.  Version 0.08b is the better performing 
> one.

	Good to know.

>  Some minor remarks follow.
> 
> The drivers still make those buzzing sounds, and 0.09a also produces these
> messages:
> 
> Feb 28 13:32:18 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=00E4)!
> Feb 28 13:32:22 laptop01 kernel: Multicast list is longer than mc_count
> Feb 28 13:33:12 laptop01 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> Feb 28 13:33:12 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx timeout! Resetting card.
> Feb 28 13:33:12 laptop01 kernel: Multicast list is longer than mc_count
> Feb 28 13:33:12 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=00E4)!
> Feb 28 13:33:12 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0101)!
> Feb 28 13:33:12 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=010F)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx timeout! Resetting card.
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: Multicast list is longer than mc_count
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=00E4)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0101)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=010F)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=011D)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=012B)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0139)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0147)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0155)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0163)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=0171)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=017F)!
> Feb 28 13:33:30 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx error (FID=018D)!
> 
> 0.08b produces only the following for big files down- and upload:
> Feb 28 13:52:22 laptop01 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
> Feb 28 13:57:19 laptop01 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> Feb 28 13:57:19 laptop01 kernel: eth1: Tx timeout! Resetting card.

	Ok.

> If there is anything else I should do, please let me know.

	If David has any better way to manage irqs, I guess he will
recontact you.

> Thanks again.
> 
> -- Sarantis

	Jean