On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 10:43:08PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Pete Clements <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Quoting Steffen Klassert
> > > > Had several of these with git11
> > > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > >
> > > Is this for sure that these messages occured first time with git11?
> > > There were no changes in the 3c59x driver between git10 and git11.
> > >
> > Tried 2.6.15 and could not get a timed out condition. Looks like
> > that defect is between 15 and 16 in my case.
> >
> > Be glad to do any testing that I can.
> >
I will try to borrow a coax cable and see whats up with 10base2.
>
> Well here's one. Steffen, please confirm.
>
>
> From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
>
> The pre-2.6.16 patch "3c59x collision statistics fix" accidentally caused
> vortex_error() to not run iowrite16(TxEnable, ioaddr + EL3_CMD) if we got a
> maxCollisions interrupt but MAX_COLLISION_RESET is not set.
True, this can explain the transmit timed out messages.
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <[email protected]>
>
> Cc: Steffen Klassert <[email protected]>
> Cc: Pete Clements <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> drivers/net/3c59x.c | 12 +++++-------
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN drivers/net/3c59x.c~3c59x-collision-statistics-fix-fix drivers/net/3c59x.c
> --- devel/drivers/net/3c59x.c~3c59x-collision-statistics-fix-fix 2006-03-28 22:36:48.000000000 -0800
> +++ devel-akpm/drivers/net/3c59x.c 2006-03-28 22:40:01.000000000 -0800
> @@ -2085,16 +2085,14 @@ vortex_error(struct net_device *dev, int
> }
> if (tx_status & 0x14) vp->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
> if (tx_status & 0x38) vp->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
> + if (tx_status & 0x08) vp->xstats.tx_max_collisions++;
> iowrite8(0, ioaddr + TxStatus);
> if (tx_status & 0x30) { /* txJabber or txUnderrun */
> do_tx_reset = 1;
> - } else if (tx_status & 0x08) { /* maxCollisions */
> - vp->xstats.tx_max_collisions++;
> - if (vp->drv_flags & MAX_COLLISION_RESET) {
> - do_tx_reset = 1;
> - reset_mask = 0x0108; /* Reset interface logic, but not download logic */
> - }
> - } else { /* Merely re-enable the transmitter. */
> + } else if ((tx_status & 0x08) && (vp->drv_flags & MAX_COLLISION_RESET)) { /* maxCollisions */
> + do_tx_reset = 1;
> + reset_mask = 0x0108; /* Reset interface logic, but not download logic */
> + } else { /* Merely re-enable the transmitter. */
> iowrite16(TxEnable, ioaddr + EL3_CMD);
> }
> }
> _
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