Re: eth1: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 0000

[Mike A. Harris]

On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Urban Widmark wrote:

>> eth1: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 0000,
>> resetting...
>[snip]
>> Keeps going nonstop until I ifdown eth1.
>>
>> Card worked fine 2 days ago...
>
>So what did you change?

Nothing.

>Has the machine been up since then?

No.  I rebooted to W98 a few times.  W98 doesn't have a driver
installed for that card though - and wont.

>Someone else with the same symptoms (in 2.4)
>    http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0011.0/0027.html
>
>Becker's reply
>    http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0011.0/0032.html
>
>"Try unplugging the system and doing a really cold boot. A soft-off does
> not reset the chip.

Tried that too.. didn't work.  I switched PCI slots and whatnot
though and it works again..  <shrug>

> If this solves the problem, we will have to add code to re-load the
> EEPROM info into the chip."

If the problem recurs I will try to test it out more and report
to the list.

FWIW it is a DLink DFE 530TX.

Thanks for the reply.

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