From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 20:43:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 20:43:04 -0400 Received: from rj.SGI.COM ([204.94.215.100]:37797 "EHLO rj.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 20:42:55 -0400 Subject: Re: Problem with Linux 2.4.7 and builtin eepro on Intel's EEA2 motherboard. From: Florin Andrei To: Ben Greear Cc: LKML , "eepro100@scyld.com" In-Reply-To: <3B704BBE.A3AA1C99@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: <3B704BBE.A3AA1C99@candelatech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.12 (Preview Release) Date: 08 Aug 2001 17:42:54 -0700 Message-Id: <997317775.19780.40.camel@stantz.corp.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 07 Aug 2001 13:12:46 -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > The driver seems to lock up for a while and then recover... > > Aug 7 11:55:19 lanf1 last message repeated 5 times > Aug 7 11:56:04 lanf1 last message repeated 21 times > Aug 7 11:56:07 lanf1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Same hardware, same problem, only worse: for me, it locks up forever! Had this problem with several 2.4.x versions, then switched to Intel's driver. I'm using the Intel driver now, with 2.4.7, and i have no problem. -- Florin Andrei