Re: [TG3]: About hw coalescing infrastructure.

[Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> David S. Miller a écrit :
>
> > From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:22:12 +0200
> >
> >
> > > But it seems something is wrong because when network load becomes 
> > > high I get :
> > > Jul  4 23:01:19 dada1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > > Jul  4 23:01:19 dada1 kernel: tg3: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting
> > > Jul  4 23:01:24 dada1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > > Jul  4 23:01:24 dada1 kernel: tg3: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting
> > > Jul  4 23:01:29 dada1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> >
> >
> > Does this happen without changing the coalescing settings
> > at all?
> Not easy to answer because I have to rebuild a kernel and reboot. Will 
> do that shortly.
Oops, I forgot to tell you I applied the patch  : [TG3]: Eliminate all hw IRQ 
handler spinlocks.
(Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:25:58 -0700 (PDT))

Maybe I should revert to stock 2.6.12 tg3 driver ?

Eric