linux-kernel - Re: Strange errors from e1000 driver (2.6.18)

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Date:	Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:02:43 +0300
From:	Dumitru Ciobarcianu <Dumitru.Ciobarcianu@...S.RO>
To:	"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>,
	"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@...igh.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Strange errors from e1000 driver (2.6.18)

On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 13:27 -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> > On 10/22/06, Martin J. Bligh <mbligh@...igh.org> wrote:
> >> Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> >> > I'm getting a lot of these type of errors if I run 2.6.18. If
> >> > I run the standard Ubuntu Dapper kernel, I don't get them.
> >> > What do they indicate?
> > 
> > Hi Martin, they indicate that you're getting transmit hangs.  Means
> > your hardware is having issues with some of the buffers it is being
> > handed.  Because the TDH and TDT noted below are not equal, it means
> > the hardware is hung processing buffers that the driver gave to it.
> > 
> > We need the standard bug report particulars,
> 
> Sure.
> 
> Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 25 bytes.
> System Information
> 	Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> 	Product Name: KT600-8237
> 	Version:  
> 	Serial Number:  
> 	UUID: Not Present
> 	Wake-up Type: Power Switch


If this matters: I've got the same errors with the fc5 kernel sometime
around january, also on an VIA-based motherboard. I only got around to
fix it by changing the motherboard... (worked fine with an intel-based
mb).


-- 
Cioby


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