Re: d-link dfe-530 tx (bug-report)

[Jonathan Morton <chromi@cyberspace.org>]

>/var/log/messages on the linux-server with the d-link dfe-530 tx:
>[THIS IS THE ERROR-MESSAGE!]
>Feb  1  17:25:56 Nethost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>Feb  1  17:25:56 Nethost kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000,
>PHY status 782d, resetting...
>
>after booting everthing is fine (..until the big smb-transfer):
>/var/log/messages (good):
>
>via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.1.6  8/9/2000  Written by Donald Becker
>  http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
>PCI: Assigned IRQ 9 for device 00:0a.0
>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:0a.0 to 64
>eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xe000, 00:50:ba:68:59:9c, IRQ 9.
>eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x7829 advertising 01e1 Link 0081.


This sounds every much like it's related to the problems we're having with
the card not initialising on reboot from Windows.

What's the bets we're looking at a new revision of the chip which VIA
haven't (publically) released documentation for yet?  I'd say they're
pretty high...

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