On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 16:30:05 +0100, Jonas Jonsson wrote: > I have had some problems earlier that I can't use my network cards in > 100Mbit/s under the 2.4.20 kernel... > The cards I have tried is a new $50 3Com with drivers that come with the > 2.4.20 kernel and > a $10 D-Link DFE - 530TX with both via-rhine and rhine-fet drivers. > > If I set the PCI cards in 10Mbit/s Full-Duplex Mode it can work for about > 1-5 days without craching. > If I set it to 100Mbit/s it takes just a few seconds before it starts > filling my syslog with these kind of msg. > > Jan 13 18:32:41 tux kernel: eth0: MII status changed: Auus changed: > Autonegotiation advertising 05e1 partner 45e1. > Jan 13 18:32:41 tux kernel: eth0: MII status changed: Autonegotiation > advertising 05e1 partner 45e1. > Jan 13 18:32:41 tux last message repeated 51 times So are you saying the very same messages appear whether you have the 3com or the D-Link card in the PCI slot? Oh, and how does all of that qualify as a crash? It's only networking that's malfunctioning, right? The via-rhine driver in 2.4.20 is broken for Rhine-II at 100Mbps (which is what some of the 530TX are using). There is one bug that can trigger floods of autonegotiations, and I'd expect it to occur more frequently on low-end machines like yours. Why the 3com card would show the same behaviour seems puzzling, though. The latest 2.4.21-pre versions contain substantial improvements, and with any luck the remaining ones will find their way into 2.4.21 proper. You may want to give them a try. Last thing as far as the 530TX goes: try building without MMIO support, just in case. Roger - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
