Hi,
It looks like the problem is solved using the udelay(1) patch. At least I cannot reproduce it anymore (so far...).
cheers,
Vincent Guffens
On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 09:06:45PM +0200, Vincent Guffens wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have installed Debian 3.0 on an UltraSparc II. The sunhme driver is used for the ethernet interface.
>
> I have the following problem : when the network is used, the following error message appears in the kernel logs :
>
> NETDEV WATCHDOG : eth0 : transmit timeout
>
> eth0 : transmit timed out, resetting
> eth0 : Happy Status 03030000 TX[000003ff:00000301]
> eth0 : link is up using internal transceiver at 100 Mb/s, Full Duplex
>
> However, there is no way to have the card working again. After a ifdown/ifup, the message will appear again
> in the log and ifup won't succeed.
>
>
> the linux version is 2.4.18
> the drviver version is : 1.99
>
> I have tried the patch above that was proposed to solve this problem (the patch doesn't apply on 2.4.18 but I have patched
> it by hand)
>
> I can provide more information and try other patches if needed,
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> --- drivers/net/sunhme.c.~1~ Sun Aug 11 18:37:34 2002
> +++ drivers/net/sunhme.c Sun Aug 11 18:38:17 2002
> @@ -1640,6 +1640,7 @@
> HMD((", enable global interrupts, "));
> hme_write32(hp, gregs + GREG_IMASK,
> (GREG_IMASK_GOTFRAME | GREG_IMASK_RCNTEXP |
> + GREG_IMASK_TXALL |
> GREG_IMASK_SENTFRAME | GREG_IMASK_TXPERR));
>
> /* Set the transmit ring buffer size. */
> @@ -2125,8 +2126,8 @@
> happy_meal_mif_interrupt(hp);
> }
>
> - if (happy_status & GREG_STAT_TXALL) {
> - HMD(("TXALL "));
> + if (happy_status & GREG_STAT_HOSTTOTX) {
> + HMD(("HOSTTOTX "));
> happy_meal_tx(hp);
> }
>
> @@ -2155,7 +2156,7 @@
>
> if (!(happy_status & (GREG_STAT_ERRORS |
> GREG_STAT_MIFIRQ |
> - GREG_STAT_TXALL |
> + GREG_STAT_HOSTTOTX |
> GREG_STAT_RXTOHOST)))
> continue;
>
> @@ -2172,8 +2173,8 @@
> happy_meal_mif_interrupt(hp);
> }
>
> - if (happy_status & GREG_STAT_TXALL) {
> - HMD(("TXALL "));
> + if (happy_status & GREG_STAT_HOSTTOTX) {
> + HMD(("HOSTTOTX "));
> happy_meal_tx(hp);
> }
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Vincent Guffens, UCL/CESAME
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>
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