On 24/10/2007, Tom Spink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A couple of kernels ago, I ran into an issue with the sky2 driver. > Basically, I began getting repeated errors on my console of the > following: > > Oct 21 16:33:39 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0x80000000 > Oct 21 16:33:39 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0xc0000000 > > Which eventually led to: > Oct 21 16:33:49 holly kernel: printk: 92 messages suppressed. > > Here is a section of the log that may be useful: > Oct 21 16:33:37 holly kernel: sky2 eth1: enabling interface > Oct 21 16:33:38 holly dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 > Oct 21 16:33:39 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0x80000010 > Oct 21 16:33:39 holly kernel: sky2 eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full > duplex, flow control both > Oct 21 16:33:39 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0x80000000 > Oct 21 16:33:39 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0xc0000000 > Oct 21 16:33:40 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0x80000000 > Oct 21 16:33:40 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0xc0000000 > Oct 21 16:33:41 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0x80000000 > Oct 21 16:33:41 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0xc0000000 > Oct 21 16:33:42 holly kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: error interrupt > status=0x80000000 > > These messages are appearing on all the VTs, and because they keep > popping up, I can't reasonably use the consoles to test if the network > driver is working. > > The kernel I've got going at the moment is 2.6.23-rc9 with git > revision g804b3f9a, and it's fine. The error surfaced _sometime_ > after this. Attached is my .config. > > I'll try rebooting and pinging the machine to see if the network > driver is working, and this is just (unnecessary?) spew from the > kernel. > > -- > Regards, > Tom Spink > University of Edinburgh > >
Hi again, So it seems the driver and the network card is functioning, but I'm getting the 'error interrupt' message plastered over every console. I can ping and ssh into the computer, but the message is still scrolling everything off my screens. -- Regards, Tom Spink University of Edinburgh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/