Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Mar 1998 15:09:13 -0600 (CST) | From | "C.J. Beyer" <> | Subject | 3c595 vortex problems under high network loads |
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My networking locks up under high network load (always) on my machine. It does this with 2.0.33-SMP and 2.1.89-SMP. It takes a bit longer under 2.1.89 though. To attain the kind of network traffic that causes the lockup I'm usually ftping a large file from a nearby machine (10 bit network ~660k/sec transfer rate). The lockup has occured anywhere from 39M - 400M into the ftp.
Nothing is logged via syslog (that I can see in the files), but on stdout I get:
eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
ifconfiging the network down then up again seems to return the networking to normal.
a couple of week ago I tried downloading the latest 3c59x.c file and compiling it with 2.0.33 smp, but the problem remained.
mymachine: dual ppro 3c595 vortex redhat-5 stock 2.1.89 kernel
kernel config for 2.1.89: CONFIG_M686=y CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING=y CONFIG_OVERRIDE_CMDS=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_LUN=8 CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=15 CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=y CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_DUMMY=y CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y CONFIG_EL3=y CONFIG_VORTEX=y CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC=y CONFIG_WD80x3=y CONFIG_ULTRA=y CONFIG_NET_EISA=y CONFIG_PPP=y CONFIG_CDROM=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=y CONFIG_NFSD=y CONFIG_SUNRPC=y CONFIG_LOCKD=y CONFIG_NLS=y CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_MOUSE=y CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y CONFIG_SOUND=y CONFIG_SB=y CONFIG_SB_BASE=220 CONFIG_SB_IRQ=5 CONFIG_SB_DMA=1 CONFIG_SB_DMA2=5 CONFIG_SB_MPU_BASE=330 CONFIG_SB_MPU_IRQ=-1 CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
C.J. Beyer cj@styx.phy.vanderbilt.edu http://styx.phy.vanderbilt.edu/~cj/
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