Re: BUG - 2.4.37 fealnx.c NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

Hello Willy,

On 1/2/09, Willy Tarreau [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 08:10:50PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:

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Now I tested fealnx driver from 2.4.37 (2.4 git). I am still getting
"NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out". Please let me know how
can I fix this problem.

Well, I don't have such an adapter, but most of the times I encountered
a similar message with older 10/100 adapters, it was caused by a link
status issue or duplex mismatch.

I think I am also getting same problem, what is the solution.

Could you check with ethtool or mii-diag that the link status is correct
and 100 Mbps/Full duplex (assuming you're connected to a switch) ?

Output of mii-diag -v :
eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link
  product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0
  basic mode:   10 Mbit, half duplex
  basic status: no link
  capabilities:
  advertising:

This is the output from very old machine Pentium MMX with Redhat 7.1

I also tested different RTL8139 adapters on different machines with
different kernels and different kind of switches and Hubs but I get
same error on all the machines. But my other Network devices are
working perfectly.

Thank you,
JSR