Problems with etherexpress pro 100 under Suse-Linux 6.2

[Menzel]

> Hi,
> 
> sorry to abuse you, but maybe you could help me figuring out where the
> later described problems could lie.
> 
> I have a Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 card in my Suse-6.2 Linux-Sever which
> shows following messages:
> 
> ifconfig:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:D0:B7:0E:B4:D0
>           inet addr:172.16.205.182  Bcast:172.16.205.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:9648248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:9659815 errors:133 dropped:0 overruns:8412
> carrier:2062
>           collisions:566140 txqueuelen:100
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800
> 
> 
> messages: about every 10 Minutes
> 
> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 8081318/8081332 command
> 000c0000.
> eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 8362658/8362672 command
> 000c0000.
> eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 8594423/8594437 command
> 000c0000.
> eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
> device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> device eth0 left promiscuous mode
> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 9216327/9216341 command
> 000c0000.
> eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 9369351/9369365 command
> 000c0000.
> eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
> device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> device eth0 left promiscuous mode
> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 9871977/9871991 command
> 000c0000.
> eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
> .
> .
> .
> the tx-errors are counting up each time the transmitter is restarted.
> Furthermore I have a noticeable delay when the card/driver is down.
> Have you heard about similiar problems ? Could it be a hardware defect or
> driver adjustment/arguments etc.?
> Help would be very appreciated
> 
> 
> thanks in advance and regards,
> 
> Daniel Menzel
> 
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