Hello, I'm seeing the message periodically: Nov 8 09:52:59 kgate last message repeated 5 times Nov 8 11:26:54 kgate kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! Nov 8 11:56:12 kgate kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! Nov 8 14:38:45 kgate kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! Nov 8 14:38:47 kgate last message repeated 3 times Nov 8 14:56:11 kgate kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! Nov 8 14:57:01 kgate last message repeated 10 times Nov 8 21:32:15 kgate kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! Nov 8 22:57:46 kgate kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! The source contains: /* How to wait for the command unit to accept a command. Typically this takes 0 ticks. */ static inline void wait_for_cmd_done(long cmd_ioaddr) { int wait = 1000; do ; while(inb(cmd_ioaddr) && --wait >= 0); #ifndef final_version if (wait < 0) printk(KERN_ALERT "eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!\n"); #endif } My machine is a HP Netserver LD Pro with a 200MHz Pentium Pro. I guess a fast machine will only allow a very short time for the above loop. Shouldn't it be fixed? The hardware is this: 01:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Ethernet Pro 10/100TX Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 9 Memory at fe8fe000 (32-bit, prefetchable) I/O ports at ece0 Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) kgate kernel: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html kgate kernel: eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others kgate kernel: eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:60:B0:6D:F1:AE, IRQ 9. kgate kernel: Board assembly 673610-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45 kgate kernel: Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. kgate kernel: General self-test: passed. kgate kernel: Serial sub-system self-test: passed. kgate kernel: Internal registers self-test: passed. kgate kernel: ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x49caa8d6). kgate kernel: Receiver lock-up workaround activated. The software is Linux-2.2.16 (SuSE 7.0). Regards, Ulrich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/