Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Jul 1999 01:46:13 +0200 | From | "M.Brands" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.10 & EtherExpress 16 "CU wedged, status 0040 0000" |
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On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 07:12:26PM +0200, Matthew Wilcox allegedly wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 09:17:57AM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > > Jul 27 00:53:11 sanctuary kernel: eth0: CU wedged, status 0040 0000, resetting... > > Jul 27 00:53:11 sanctuary kernel: eth0: i82586 reset timed out, kicking... > > Jul 27 00:53:11 sanctuary last message repeated 4 times > > Jul 27 00:53:11 sanctuary kernel: eth0: i82586 not responding, giving up. > > Jul 27 00:53:21 sanctuary kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, board on fire? > > I experienced the same thing under Linux 2.0.29 which was the first and last > time I had a machine with this ethernet card in it. It also corrupts data > in a way which silently evades all potential checksums at the same time. > For example, I ftp'd a linux tarball and it had an error in it for each > time this message occurred. > > Do yourself a favour; throw this pile of crap in the bin and buy an NE2k > clone at a trade fair for $2. You will get better performance.
A friend of mine had bought several of these cards at a bargain price. When we found out there was no way to get them to run in an acceptable manner, we sold them again and got a few 3c509's (which also turned out to be buggy, but at least they perform well).
I can only agree with Matthew that a couple of NE2000 clones will probably solve your problem. They're very well supported, have little problems and the performance is ok (there are better cards, but they cost a lot more).
Mathijs
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