Simon Garner wrote: > > Hi there, > > For 10 hours last night my server was down again with the problem below. > Please help me! > > -------------- (original post to linux-tulip-bug follows) > > I have a colocated server running RH6.0, with a Compex FreedomLine NIC > (DS21143 tulip). > > Last night the server was unavailable for several hours, and when it came > back I found this in the messages log: > > Jan 31 20:27:41 hyperion kernel: eth0: Tx hung, 11881766 vs. 11881762. > Jan 31 20:27:41 hyperion kernel: eth0: 21140 transmit timed out, status > f0360000, SIA 000000c6 ffff0000 fffbff7f 8ff00008, resetting... > Jan 31 20:27:41 hyperion kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, switching to > 100baseTx-FD media. > Jan 31 20:28:41 hyperion kernel: eth0: Tx hung, 11881798 vs. 11881786. > block. > > I have restarted the machine and using tulip-diag it appears to be operating > in 10baseT half-duplex mode: > > tulip-diag.c:v1.19 10/2/99 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0xd000. > Port selection is 10mpbs-serial, half-duplex. > Transmit started, Receive started, half-duplex. > The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'. > The Tx process state is 'Idle'. > The transmit threshold is 72. > The NWay status register is 00005242. > Internal autonegotiation state is 'Negotiation complete'. > > This does not seem right to me. Could it be autosensing incorrectly? It > should at least be full-duplex. The card is 100Mbps but its possible the > colo network is only 10Mb. Could be. From my experience, always hardcode the adapter to the speed and duplexity you want. Typically cards will negotiate with a 100Mbit/s FDX switch at only 100Mbit/s HDX when set to auto. > > Also I get a lot of collisions. Is this normal? Watching 'ifconfig' I get > about 1 collision per second on eth0. If you are in at HDX in a FDX port, this would be a logical result. -- John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC. The rules have changed... Get paid to surf the web!!! http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=bdc893
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