[realtek] Transmit timeout bug - still there?

William Paulson wpaulson@lucent.com
Tue, 03 Oct 2000 17:17:51 -0500


I'm running kernel 2.3.99pre9 with the 0.9.10 version of 8139too.c.
Under moderate transmit load,
the Realtek 8139 ethernet adapter appears to stop receiving from the
network after a short time. The syslog
shows a NETDEV: WATCHDOG eth0: transmit timed out message at about the
time of the failure.

I've perused the mailing list - although this problem's been mentioned
many times, it wasn't clear
whether the problem still existed with the most recent software. It
looks like it's still there.
    Bill Paulson
    wpaulson@lucent.com