[vortex] 3c905 problem

[Donald Becker]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 vortex@mattvenn.net wrote:
> I've just started having problems with my 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
> (rev 0). I'm using 2.4.22 with no patches.  After setting debugging
> up on the module, this is what I'm getting in my logs (grepping
> for error):
> 
> Oct  7 16:06:25 flop kernel: eth0: vortex_error(), status=0xe081

Hmmm, I'm not certain why this message was added.  The "error" is just
stats full, an uncommon condition that should be handled out of the fast
path, but is expected in normal operation.

Check /proc/net/dev to make certain that this is only reporting normal
packet counters filling up, rather than error counters getting ready to
overflow.

> Before I unplugged my switch downstairs (now the server is going
> straight up to the main switch) every time one of these errors
> happened I would not be able to connect to the machine and all its
> services (ssh, NFS etc) would be unavailable. Now only 1 in 3 or
> 4 is doing the same thing.

This messages do not directly indicate an error.  In fact, they seem to
indicate no error, only normal operation.

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