Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263688AbTIBIbS (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 04:31:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263689AbTIBIbS (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 04:31:18 -0400 Received: from ee.oulu.fi ([130.231.61.23]:20433 "EHLO ee.oulu.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263688AbTIBIbO (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 04:31:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 11:31:07 +0300 From: Pekka Pietikainen To: Norbert Preining Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@redhat.com Subject: Re: 2.4, b44 transmit timeout Message-ID: <20030902083107.GA4065@ee.oulu.fi> References: <20030901193235.GA8280@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030901200022.GA3070@ee.oulu.fi> <20030902073353.GA935@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030902073353.GA935@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2783 Lines: 38 On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:33:53AM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote: > * pinging the gateway (.1.1), working > Sep 2 09:20:22 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e000002a addr: 5cea5d82 entry: 0 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:22 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 0 cur: 1 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:22 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982982 entry: 1 skb: d935b680 > Sep 2 09:20:22 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 1 cur: 2 skb: d935b680 > Sep 2 09:20:23 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982682 entry: 2 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:23 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 2 cur: 3 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:24 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982682 entry: 3 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:24 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 3 cur: 4 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:25 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982982 entry: 4 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:25 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 4 cur: 5 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:26 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982682 entry: 5 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:26 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 5 cur: 6 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:27 gandalf vmunix: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e000002a addr: 5cea5082 entry: 6 skb: d935ba80 > Sep 2 09:20:27 gandalf vmunix: b44_tx cons: 6 cur: 7 skb: d935ba80 > Sep 2 09:20:27 gandalf kernel: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982982 entry: 7 skb: d935ba80 > Sep 2 09:20:27 gandalf kernel: b44_tx cons: 7 cur: 8 skb: d935ba80 > Sep 2 09:20:28 gandalf kernel: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982682 entry: 8 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:28 gandalf kernel: b44_tx cons: 8 cur: 9 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:29 gandalf kernel: b44_start_xmit ctrl: e0000062 addr: 5f982982 entry: 9 skb: d935b480 > Sep 2 09:20:29 gandalf kernel: b44_tx cons: 9 cur: 10 skb: d935b480 > * stopping ping, ifconfig eth0 down, starting pump for getting dhcp > * address, no success! > Sep 2 09:20:41 gandalf pumpd[7584]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 2:04:19) Tue Sep 2 09:20:41 2003 > Sep 2 09:20:41 gandalf pumpd[7584]: PUMP: sending discover > Sep 2 09:20:44 gandalf vmunix: b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. > Sep 2 09:20:44 gandalf vmunix: b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. A-ha! Thanks, I think this should be enough to figure out what the problem is... Looks like the driver doesn't even get the packets pump tries to send, pump is a bit special in the way it bounces the interface up and down when doing its work, that probably triggers a race in b44.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/