netdev - Re: 3c59x: shared interrupt problem

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:39:30 +0100
From:	Steffen Klassert <klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To:	Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@....net>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: 3c59x: shared interrupt problem

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:42:40PM +0100, Gerhard Pircher wrote:
> 
> > Your first report showed dnComplete as a pending interrupt source.
> > Since the driver uses tx_interrupt_mitigation, this happens just if the 
> > tx ring is full. Could you please test the patch below? This disables
> > tx_interrupt_mitigation, so the dnComplete interrupt will be triggered 
> > with every packet.
> I disabled tx_interrupt_mitigation and tested it with and w/o the patch
> for boomerang_interrupt(). The network transfer stalls in both cases
> sooner or later.
> 
> Here are two photos from the kernel output:
> - no tx_interrupt_mitigation and patch for booomerang_interrupt():
> http://boot.homelinux.org:8080/kernel/oops_boomerang_irq_tx_irq_mitig.jpg
> - no tx_interrupt_mitigation only:
> http://boot.homelinux.org:8080/kernel/oops_tx_irq_mitig.jpg
> 

Your pictures show just a message at shutdown. Are there any other unusual
messages from the 3c59x driver in your logs? In particular I'm interested in 
"transmit timed out" messages.
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