Re: Tx queue ... dirty entry

installing the acpi patch from http://sourceforge.net/acpi solved the problem

El Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:38:48PM +0100 matze ha dit:

> 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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