You should use the Intel e100 driver at http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/100Linux.htm. It works much better than eepro100. Jeff ASL ----- Original Message ----- From: Ville Herva <vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi> To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; <linux-net@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 8:13 AM Subject: Re: VM-global-2.2.18pre17-7 > On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 11:29:08AM -0200, you [Marcelo Tosatti] claimed: > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Neale Banks wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, octave klaba wrote: > > > > > > > > > Oct 26 16:38:01 ns29 kernel: eth0: card reports no resources. > > > > > let me guess: intel eepro100 or similar?? > > > > yeap > > > > > > er, "me too": > > > > > > Bus 0, device 2, function 0: > > > Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 8). > > > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56. > > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xb5fff000 [0xb5fff000]. > > > I/O at 0x2400 [0x2401]. > > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xb5e00000 [0xb5e00000]. > > > > > > On Debian's 2.2.17-compact on a Compaq DL380 - with 60 days uptime I have > > > 6 "eth0: card reports no resources." messages reported in dmesg. > > > > We are having the same problem with eepro100 on a Compaq DL360. > > > > v1.11 of eepro100.c fixed the problem: > > > > ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/eepro100.c > > The eepro100 problem (2.2.18pre17 stock) happens here too: "card reports > no resources" and then the network stalls for few minutes. > > The hack suggested by David Richardson ( > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=96514412914742&w=2) > did not help. > > The Becker's driver from ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/eepro100.c cures > the error messages, but the network still stalls, and worse yet, seems to > stall forever (as opposed to few minutes with 2.2.18pre17 driver). > > A network problem is not out of question (although the rest of the network > works just fine, and we did try another HUB port). It could also be flaky > card, but the machine and the card worked fine for years in their past > life under NT. > > This is dual PPro200, 256MB, nothing fancy. > > > -- v -- > > v@iki.fi > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
