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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.9 Adaptec 4 Port Starfire Sickness
jmerkey wrote:
> With linux 2.6.9 running at 192 MB/S network loading and protocol
> splitting drivers routing packets out of
> a 2.6.9 device at full 100 mb/s (12.5 MB/S) simultaneously over 4 ports,
> the adaptec starfire driver goes into
> constant Tx FIFO reconfiguration mode and after 3-4 days of constantly
> resetting the Tx FIFO window and
> generating a deluge of messages such as:
>
> ethX: PCI bus congestion, resetting Tx FIFO window to X bytes
>
> pouring into the system log file at a rate of a dozen per minute. After
> several days, the PCI bus totally locks up
> and hangs the system. Need a config option to allow the starfire to
> disable this feature. At very
> high bus loading rates, the starfire card will completely lock the bus
> after 3-4 days
> of constant Tx FIFO reconfiguration at very high data rates with
> protocol splitting and routing.

The feature doesn't need disabling; just modify the driver to stop the
flapping.

Jeff



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