[ale] kernel stack dump, server locks up NIC

[Jim]

I don't understand anything about this error. But Donald Becker at Scyld.com 
usually has the most up to date Linux drivers on all NICs, including 3com. 
Vitsit their NIC driver page at:

http://www.scyld.com/network/

And try his driver for your card. 

On Friday 16 August 2002 01:15 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> I have a server that ran through tests OK. But now it seems to croak on
> a NIC driver (3com)
>
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: HostError <1>Unable to handle kernel
> paging request at virtual address 0b80f068
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel:  printing eip:
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: e290115a
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: *pde = 00000000
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: Oops: 0000
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: CPU:    0
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: EIP:    0010:[<e290115a>]    Tainted: P
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: EFLAGS: 00210282
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel:
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: EIP is at  (2.4.18-5custom)
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: eax: 0b80f000   ebx: d8011ee4   ecx:
> 0b80f000   edx: 00000006
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: esi: d8011ee4   edi: c169056c   ebp:
> c1690000   esp: c1691f34
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: Process keventd (pid: 2,
> stackpage=c1691000)
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: Stack: 00001ee4 00084ac1 00020004
> d8011ee4 d8011ee4 d8011ee4 c169056c e29004d5
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel:        0b80f000 e290048c 00000010
> 00200202 c02cfa00 c1691f78 c1691f78 c01189f9
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel:        d8011ee4 c02cfa00 c02cfa00
> 00000000 00000000 c01206c1 c02b2a00 0000000a
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: Call Trace: [<e29004d5>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<e290048c>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<c01189f9>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<c01206c1>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<c01205a0>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<c0105000>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<c0107136>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: [<c01205a0>]
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel:
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel:
> Aug  8 11:22:30 needle kernel: Code: 8b 58 68 66 c7 44 24 0e 00 00 66 c7
> 44 24 0c 00 00 c6 44 24
> Aug  8 11:26:41 needle kernel:  <6>NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed
> out
> Aug  8 11:26:42 needle kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> Aug  8 11:27:50 needle last message repeated 10 times
> Aug  8 11:27:58 needle last message repeated 5 times
>
> The "eth1 :transmit error" repeats until the box gets rebooted.
> This is a source driver supplied by 3com. Is this a sign of a crap
> driver? It has happened twice now. It is  the second card.


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