I'll check this out. After kernel.org was cracked I've missed
@kernel.org mail account.

On 1/29/12, Ben Hutchings [off-list ref] wrote:

[Trying a different address.]

Denis,

It looks like you were working on sundance for a while; are you still
interested in it?

Mike reported that:

quoted

Network traffic on my D-Link DFE-580TX card results in a transmit
queue timeout and gives endless resets after that untill the interface
is brought down.

The amount of traffic required to generate the error seems to vary but
sooner rather then later it will occur.

and the messages logged under Linux 3.2.1 are:

quoted

[  430.008026] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  430.008100] WARNING:
at
/build/buildd-linux-2.6_3.2.1-2-i386-4wAPNj/linux-2.6-3.2.1/debian/build/source_i386_none/net/sched/sch_generic.c:255
dev_watchdog+0xb1/0x104()
[  430.008200] Hardware name:
[  430.008251] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1 (sundance): transmit queue 0
timed out
[  430.008307] Modules linked in: p4_clockmod cpufreq_powersave
cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats speedstep_lib
mperf fuse w83627ehf hwmon_vid coretemp loop snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_seq snd_time
r snd_seq_device ohci_hcd ehci_hcd tpm_tis sis900 sundance tpm usbcore
tpm_bios pcspkr psmouse snd parport_pc evdev serio_raw parport mii
button usb_common soundcore processor shpchp pci_hotplug thermal_sys
snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcach
e sd_mod crc_t10dif sata_sis ata_generic pata_sis libata scsi_mod
[  430.010093] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.2.0-1-686-pae #1
[  430.010149] Call Trace:
[  430.010203]  [<c1038280>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x68/0x79
[  430.010260]  [<c1229e38>] ? dev_watchdog+0xb1/0x104
[  430.010314]  [<c10382f9>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x29/0x2d
[  430.010370]  [<c1229e38>] ? dev_watchdog+0xb1/0x104
[  430.010428]  [<c103ccb5>] ? local_bh_enable+0x2/0x2
[  430.010484]  [<c1041e78>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x150/0x1f3
[  430.010539]  [<c1229d87>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x3a/0x3a
[  430.010595]  [<c103ccb5>] ? local_bh_enable+0x2/0x2
[  430.010649]  [<c103cd49>] ? __do_softirq+0x94/0x12f
[  430.010704]  [<c103ccb5>] ? local_bh_enable+0x2/0x2
[  430.010757]  <IRQ>  [<c103cf3a>] ? irq_exit+0x32/0x80
[  430.010847]  [<c101e6f4>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5b/0x65
[  430.010906]  [<c12b9b11>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x31/0x38
[  430.010963]  [<c120007b>] ? rtc_proc_show+0x15e/0x22d
[  430.011020]  [<c1010e5a>] ? mwait_idle+0x65/0x8b
[  430.011076]  [<c100b234>] ? cpu_idle+0x95/0xaf
[  430.011132]  [<c1412708>] ? start_kernel+0x32a/0x32f
[  430.011185] ---[ end trace 4f9c55881a85ddc2 ]---
[  430.011244] eth1: Transmit timed out, TxStatus 00 TxFrameId 1a,
resetting...
[  430.011302] 00 35afc000 35afc010 00008001(00) 34c2d802 800005ea
[  430.011307] 01 35afc010 35afc020 00000005(01) 34cfc802 800005ea
[  430.011311] 02 35afc020 35afc030 00008009(02) 357ca802 800005ea
[  430.011316] 03 35afc030 35afc040 0000000d(03) 34d01802 800005ea
[  430.011320] 04 35afc040 35afc050 00008011(04) 34d00002 800005ea
[  430.011324] 05 35afc050 35afc060 00000015(05) 35a9f802 800005ea
[  430.011328] 06 35afc060 35afc070 00008019(06) 34c75002 800005ea
[  430.011333] 07 35afc070 35afc080 0000001d(07) 35ac0002 800005ea
[  430.011337] 08 35afc080 35afc090 00008021(08) 34d4e802 800005ea
[  430.011341] 09 35afc090 35afc0a0 00000025(09) 357b0002 800005ea
[  430.011346] 0a 35afc0a0 35afc0b0 00008029(0a) 34d66802 800005ea
[  430.011350] 0b 35afc0b0 35afc0c0 0000002d(0b) 354f2802 800005ea
[  430.011354] 0c 35afc0c0 35afc0d0 00008031(0c) 34d04802 800005ea
[  430.011359] 0d 35afc0d0 35afc0e0 00000035(0d) 34cd1002 800005ea
[  430.011363] 0e 35afc0e0 35afc0f0 00008039(0e) 34cc9802 800005ea
[  430.011367] 0f 35afc0f0 35afc100 0000003d(0f) 34d3d002 800005ea
[  430.011371] 10 35afc100 35afc110 00008041(10) 355d3002 800005ea
[  430.011376] 11 35afc110 35afc120 00000045(11) 34d02802 800005ea
[  430.011380] 12 35afc120 35afc130 00008049(12) 34d8b002 800005ea
[  430.011384] 13 35afc130 35afc140 0000004d(13) 34cc9002 800005ea
[  430.011389] 14 35afc140 35afc150 00008051(14) 34d51002 800005ea
[  430.011393] 15 35afc150 35afc160 00000055(15) 357c7802 800005ea
[  430.011397] 16 35afc160 00000000 00008059(16) 34d4f002 800005ea
[  430.011401] 17 35afc170 35afc180 0001805d(17) 00000000 00000000
[  430.011406] 18 35afc180 35afc190 00018061(18) 00000000 00000000
[  430.011410] 19 35afc190 35afc1a0 00018065(19) 00000000 00000000
[  430.011414] 1a 35afc1a0 35afc1b0 00018069(1a) 00000000 00000000
[  430.011419] 1b 35afc1b0 35afc1c0 0000806d(1b) 34eea002 800005ea
[  430.011423] 1c 35afc1c0 35afc1d0 00008071(1c) 355d9802 800005ea
[  430.011427] 1d 35afc1d0 35afc1e0 00008075(1d) 34d19002 800005ea
[  430.011431] 1e 35afc1e0 35afc1f0 00008079(1e) 354e4002 800005ea
[  430.011436] 1f 35afc1f0 35afc000 0000007d(1f) 354ea002 800005ea
[  430.011440] TxListPtr=35afc1b0 netif_queue_stopped=1
[  430.011444] cur_tx=154807(17) dirty_tx=154779(1b)
[  430.011447] cur_rx=0 dirty_rx=0
[  430.011449] cur_task=154807
[  438.008046] eth1: Transmit timed out, TxStatus 00 TxFrameId 00,
resetting...
[  438.008115] 00 35afc000 35afc010 00010001(00) 00000000 00000000
[  438.008120] 01 35afc010 35afc020 00008005(01) 34cd3802 800005ea
[  438.008124] 02 35afc020 35afc030 00000009(02) 34cce802 800005ea
[  438.008129] 03 35afc030 35afc040 0000800d(03) 34f2b802 800005ea
[  438.008133] 04 35afc040 35afc050 00000011(04) 34d40002 800005ea
[  438.008137] 05 35afc050 35afc060 00008015(05) 34eff002 800005ea
[  438.008142] 06 35afc060 35afc070 00000019(06) 34d5e002 800005ea
[  438.008146] 07 35afc070 35afc080 0000801d(07) 357c4802 800005ea
[  438.008150] 08 35afc080 35afc090 00000021(08) 34d8f802 800005ea
[  438.008155] 09 35afc090 35afc0a0 00000025(09) 34d57802 800005ea
[  438.008159] 0a 35afc0a0 35afc0b0 00000029(0a) 34ca7802 800005ea
[  438.008163] 0b 35afc0b0 35afc0c0 0000002d(0b) 34c21802 800005ea
[  438.008168] 0c 35afc0c0 35afc0d0 00000031(0c) 34d41802 800005ea
[  438.008172] 0d 35afc0d0 35afc0e0 00000035(0d) 35406402 800001ad
[  438.008176] 0e 35afc0e0 35afc0f0 00000039(0e) 34d14802 800005ea
[  438.008181] 0f 35afc0f0 35afc100 0000003d(0f) 34e34002 800005ea
[  438.008185] 10 35afc100 35afc110 00000041(10) 34cd1802 800005ea
[  438.008189] 11 35afc110 35afc120 00000045(11) 355db802 800005ea
[  438.008193] 12 35afc120 35afc130 00000049(12) 3541c802 800005ea
[  438.008198] 13 35afc130 35afc140 0000004d(13) 34ca5802 800005ea
[  438.008202] 14 35afc140 35afc150 00000051(14) 34ccb002 800005ea
[  438.008206] 15 35afc150 35afc160 00000055(15) 34ef4002 800005ea
[  438.008210] 16 35afc160 35afc170 00000059(16) 34c1a802 800005ea
[  438.008215] 17 35afc170 35afc180 0000005d(17) 34ef4802 800005ea
[  438.008219] 18 35afc180 35afc190 00000061(18) 34e25002 800005ea
[  438.008223] 19 35afc190 35afc1a0 00000065(19) 34d4e002 800005ea
[  438.008228] 1a 35afc1a0 35afc1b0 00000069(1a) 357b5002 800005ea
[  438.008232] 1b 35afc1b0 35afc1c0 0000006d(1b) 34ce1002 800005ea
[  438.008236] 1c 35afc1c0 35afc1d0 00000071(1c) 357bc002 800005ea
[  438.008241] 1d 35afc1d0 00000000 00008075(1d) 34c73002 800005ea
[  438.008245] 1e 35afc1e0 00000000 00008079(1e) 354e4002 800005ea
[  438.008249] 1f 35afc1f0 00000000 0000007d(1f) 354ea002 800005ea
[  438.008254] TxListPtr=35afc010 netif_queue_stopped=1
[  438.008257] cur_tx=30(1e) dirty_tx=1(01)
[  438.008260] cur_rx=5 dirty_rx=5
[  438.008263] cur_task=30

Some more details are at <http://bugs.debian.org/656476>.

Ben.

--
Ben Hutchings
If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.

-- 
Regards,
Denis