RH kernel update

[Net Llama!]

On 07/01/03 19:25, David A. Bandel wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 19:15:55 -0700
> "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> 
>> What are the exact error?  I'm using 8139too under 2.4.21-pre2-xfs on 
>> RH9 without any problems.
> 
> Jul  1 09:04:57 proxy kernel:   8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split,
> autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
> Jul  1 09:04:57 proxy kernel: eth2: Tx timeout - resetting
> Jul  1 09:04:57 proxy kernel: eth2: Tx timeout - resetting
> 
> the Tx timeout messages just run on and on ...
> 
> I've only ever seen these on wireless interfaces that loose their
> connection.  Seeing this on a perfectly good dmfe interface is bizarre. 
> Works fine on the RH custom kernel (the one that has everything but what
> I need compiled in).


Looks ike dmfe doesn't have a very good track record:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=dmfe&as_epq=Tx%20timeout%20-%20resetting&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_ugroup=*linux*&lr=lang_en&num=50&hl=en
I'd say that Redhat might have fixed something in dmfe, rather than 
broke something.

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