Problems with Network adapters with Intel 8255x Chipsets(Internal)


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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 6.1 to 6.2
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux. Therefore some of the informations given in this article may be outdated or the article may contain stale links.

Kernel: Versions 2.2.5 to 2.3.x


SuSE-INTERN:

Symptom:

Inadequate performance (dropouts and such) with ethernet adapter cards including the Intel chip i8255{5,7,8,9}, for example the EtherExpress Pro100. The driver in question is eepro100.  Problems occur most often during times of high network load.  You receive error messages in /var/log/messages like:
  
date hostname kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 3122/3136 command 000c0000.
date hostname kernel: eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...

Solution:

In several SuSE internal tests this problem disappeared when we updated the eepro100 driver to version 1.09r (w/ Linux versions 2.2.10 to 2.2.12 Version 1.08 is included).  Please note that v1.09r is a developer version which might become obsolete soon.  Use at your own risk!

NEW!
The compiled modules and uncompiled sources of SuSE Linux 6.3 include two versions of the eepro100 driver; v1.09r2 (equivalent to v1.09r) as default and v1.06 as a fallback. As of Nov 17, 1999 v1.09r continues to be the most recent version published by the driver author (URL see below).

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Categories: Network

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Author: wimer@suse.de - Version: 16. Nov 1999
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