Re: mass "tulip_stop_rxtx() failed", network stops

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@mch.one.pl>]

jerome lacoste schrieb:
> On 8/23/05, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@mch.one.pl> wrote:
> 
>>We are running almost 20 Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic machines, 2.6.8.1
>>kernel, equipped with a onboard card that uses a tulip module:
>>
>>02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast
>>Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
>>
>>No problem with those.
>>
>>
>>We are running four more machines like that, the only difference is the
>>kernel they are running (2.6.11.4).
>>
>>On some of them, there are serious problems with a network, and they
>>usually happen when the traffic is bigger than usual (i.e., some big
>>software deployment to several workstations, remote backup, etc.).
>>
>>The syslog is then full of entries like that:
>>
>>Aug 21 04:04:30 SERVER-B-HS kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit
>>timed out
>>Aug 21 04:04:30 SERVER-B-HS kernel: 0000:00:06.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed
> 
> 
> I am seeing thousands of tulip_stop_rxtx() failed messages as well
> with 2.6.11. No regular network failure though.
> 
> See http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/1/message/110291/flat

Lucky you.
Really no network problems, no increased ping responses?
For me lots of pings are lost, and when this "tulip_stop_rxtx() failed" 
happens, the time for a ping to "go back" can be as big as 14 seconds in 
a 100 Mbit LAN.



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