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Title: Problems with Network adapters with Intel 8255x Chipsets

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Problems with Network adapters with Intel 8255x Chipsets

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 6.1 to 6.2
Kernel: Versions 2.2.5 to 2.3.x

Symptom:

Inadequate performance (dropouts and such) with ethernet adapter cards including the Intel chip i8255{5,7,8,9}, for example the EtherExpress Pro100. The driver in question is eepro100.  Problems occur most often during times of high network load.  You receive error messages in /var/log/messages like:
  
date hostname kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 3122/3136 command 000c0000.
date hostname kernel: eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...

Solution:

In several SuSE internal tests this problem disappeared when we updated the eepro100 driver to version 1.09r (w/ Linux versions 2.2.10 to 2.2.12 Version 1.08 is included).  Please note that v1.09r is a developer version which might become obsolete soon.  Use at your own risk!

NEW!
The compiled modules and uncompiled sources of SuSE Linux 6.3 include two versions of the eepro100 driver; v1.09r2 (equivalent to v1.09r) as default and v1.06 as a fallback. As of Nov 17, 1999 v1.09r continues to be the most recent version published by the driver author (URL see below).

A few helpful URLs:

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Keywords: INTEL, EEPRO, ETHEREXPRESS, NETWORK, DEVELOPMENT, EXPERIMENTAL, DRIVER

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Categories: Network

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SDB-eepro100, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany - Version: 16. Nov 1999
SuSE GmbH - Last generated: 17. Nov 1999 09:49:22 by kgw with sdb_gen 1.00.0