[realtek] new SMC card not working

[Donald Becker]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Jacob Brown wrote:

> Sep 27 21:17:50 abyss kernel: rtl8139.c:v1.07 5/6/99 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
> Sep 27 21:17:50 abyss kernel: eth1: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek
> RTL8139) at 0xe400, IRQ 10, 00:e0:29:84:dc:41.
> Sep 27 21:18:04 abyss kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005
> media 00.
> Sep 27 21:18:04 abyss kernel: eth1: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry
> 0.

This could mean that the card is a non-bus-master slot...

> Sep 27 21:18:52 abyss kernel: eth1: RTL8139 Interrupt line blocked,
> status 5.

Nope, you have an interrupt problem.
If you have a SMP machine, try "noapic" as a LILO option.

Otherwise read
   http://www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html

> I'm pretty sure I don't have an IRQ conflict... but the way plug and

The problem is usually that the IRQ is assigned to the ISA bus, not a
software conflict.

> pray is.... I really have no control over my IRQs anymore.  Here's part
> of my lspci -v :
> 
> 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX
> (rev 10)
>         Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1207D Fast Ethernet
> Adapter
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
>         I/O ports at e400
>         Memory at e7001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)


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