Re: ethernet probs

[Cloudmaster <sauer@cloudmaster.com>]

Apperantly, in the 2.2.7-pre3 patch, there's some workarounds for the slow
windows connections, working around some of teh 'features' in the MS TCP
stack.

--Danny, who thinks there's an awful lot of development going on in this
stable kernel tree...

On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Cloudmaster wrote:

> 
> I've got a 3-com 3c590 (vortex) in my friendly PPro running kernel 2.2.6.
> Whenever I try to send a lot of data out quickly (such as moving a few real
> big files around my internal network), I get a whole slew of collisions and
> eventually the card craps out, leaving messages such as this:
> 
> Apr 25 12:51:51 cloud233 kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
> Apr 25 12:51:51 cloud233 kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
> Apr 25 12:51:51 cloud233 kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
> Apr 25 12:51:58 cloud233 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e 000.
> 
> and then it repeats that last line a few times, and all the network services
> start dying and such as a result of the net going away.  Obviously, this
> sucks.  As much as I'd like to bame this on the win98 machine on the network
> (called "stain" for a reason), I think there may be some problem with the
> linux end.  I also think that being on a hub rather than a switch
> contributes, but I know that's not the whole problem.
> 
> Anyway, if you folks have any idea what may be causing this, I'd sure like
> to hear it.  The mobile mp3 player will be wanting some files sent to it
> pretty soon, and I don't wanna dissapoint it. :)
> 
> --Danny
> 
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