NETDEV WATCHDOG timeout

NETDEV WATCHDOG timeout

[Joseph L. Hill]

Greetings,

I have  2.4.7-10smp (RedHat 7.2 install) running on a dell on a dell 2550, 
the systems runs a mysql/apache applicaton (blackboard). Several times a 
day, as the load increases I get the following error:

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Tx hung

The system pauses for 3-5 seconds during this error and then continues 
happily.


dmesg info:

Jan 20 17:14:40 dewey kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM5700 found at mem feb00000, 
IRQ 17, node addr 00065b3a09fc
Jan 20 17:14:40 dewey kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM5401 Copper transceiver 
found
Jan 20 17:14:40 dewey kernel: eth0: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx 
Checksum ON, Rx Checksum ON
Jan 20 17:14:40 dewey kernel: bcm5700: eth0 NIC Link is UP, 100 Mbps full 
duplex
Jan 20 17:14:39 dewey network: Bringing up interface eth0:  succeeded
Jan 21 09:04:36 dewey kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Jan 21 09:04:36 dewey kernel: eth0: Tx hung

Is this a hardware error? Should I upgrade to the 2.4.9.13 kernel? Any 
advice appreciated!
Please cc joseph.l.hill@dartmouth.edu in reply.

Thanks you,

-joe


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Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG timeout

[Alan Cox]

> I have  2.4.7-10smp (RedHat 7.2 install) running on a dell on a dell 2550, 
> the systems runs a mysql/apache applicaton (blackboard). Several times a 
> day, as the load increases I get the following error:

Update to the errata kernel. You should do this anyway as per the advisory.
It might help with the broadcom problem - that I don't know about.