netdev - Re: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xf0260000 CSR6 0xb3862002) on DEC Alpha Personal Workstation 433au

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Message-ID: <20100405185902.GA22607@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:59:02 +0200
From:	Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xf0260000 CSR6 0xb3862002) on
 DEC Alpha Personal Workstation 433au

Hi Joe,

On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 10:36:22AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 19:13 +0200, Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I installed Debian unstable on an old digital workstation "DEC Digital
> > Personal Workstation 433au" (Miata) which has an on-board tulip
> > network controller. I'm not really using that network controller but
> > an off-board intel e1000 controller. However, I found that the tulip
> > driver produces a lot of noise in the message log, the following
> > message is repated periodically and spams the whole message log:
> > 
> > 0000:00:03.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xf0260000 CSR6 0xb3862002)
> > 
> > Do you think this is related to the fact that no cable is connected to
> > the network controller?
> 
> Probably something is trying periodically to open the device.
> Maybe this helps reduce the message log noise:

Thanks for the patch. I will apply it to a current rc of 2.6.34 and
build a new kernel, probably not before tomorrow as I cannot reboot
the Alpha remotely as the "aboot" boot loader does not boot
automatically.

Thanks,

Adrian
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