Tx queue ... dirty entry

i'm trying to configure a conceptronics cardbus nic (con00tcl) based
on a realtek 8139C on an ibm thinkpad a20m. i can load the 8139too
driver (kernel 2.4.19) and assign an ip address to the card via
ifconfig. after setting the speed to 10baseT with mii-diag the
link-led goes up. it's possible to ping the card (the traffic led is
blinking too) but impossible to ping any other machine in the red or
ping the 8139C machine from another one. 


/var/log/debug (debian system) contains the following entries:

Nov 19 20:15:28 assata kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry 0.
Nov 19 20:15:28 assata kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head)
Nov 19 20:15:28 assata kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000.
Nov 19 20:15:28 assata kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000.
Nov 19 20:15:28 assata kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000.

asking google i found out that it could be an apic problem and
disabled apic support in the kernel. unfortunatly this wasn't the
solution and i don't have a clue what more to do. 

any suggestions?

thx

matze

<snip /var/log/messages>

Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:05.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:02.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:00.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Crystal 4280/46xx + AC97 Audio, version
1.28.32, 21:35:38 Nov 18 2002
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs46xx: Card found at 0xf4100000 and
0xf4000000, IRQ 9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs46xx: Thinkpad 600X/A20/T20
(1014:0153) at 0xf4100000/0xf4000000, IRQ 9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs46xx: Activating CLKRUN hack for
Thinkpad.
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id:
0x4352:0x5914 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev B)
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cryptoapi: loaded
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cryptoloop: loaded
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core
version: 0.4
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:02.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:05.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:00.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.1
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0000, PCI irq9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Socket status: 30000020
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0000, PCI irq11
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Socket status: 30000006
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x10ec,
device 0x8139
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.25
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device
02:00.0 to 64
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at
0xc90a2000, 00:10:60:58:54:b1, IRQ 9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type
'RTL-8139C'Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services
3.1.22
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:05.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:02.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:00.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Crystal 4280/46xx + AC97 Audio, version
1.28.32, 21:35:38 Nov 18 2002
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs46xx: Card found at 0xf4100000 and
0xf4000000, IRQ 9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs46xx: Thinkpad 600X/A20/T20
(1014:0153) at 0xf4100000/0xf4000000, IRQ 9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs46xx: Activating CLKRUN hack for
Thinkpad.
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id:
0x4352:0x5914 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev B)
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cryptoapi: loaded
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cryptoloop: loaded
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core
version: 0.4
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:02.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:05.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:00.0
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.1
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0000, PCI irq9
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Socket status: 30000020
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0000, PCI irq11
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Socket status: 30000006
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x10ec,
device 0x8139
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.25
Nov 19 20:48:3Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: Linux Kernel Card
Services 3.1.22
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Nov 19 20:48:33 assata kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:05.0
Nov 1

</snip>




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