[BUG]: RT8139 Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=....

Dennis Schoen (dennis@cobolt.net)
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:08:55 +0100


Hi all,

yesterday I upgraded a firewall/router of a *busy* customer site
from version 2.4.7 -> 2.4.17. Only 1-2 seconds after the reboot the
network card to the DMZ stopped working. I noticed this messages in
/var/log/messages:

Jan 8 17:07:45 liquice kernel: 8139too: rx stop wait too long
Jan 8 17:07:46 liquice kernel: eth1: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0050.
Jan 8 17:07:46 liquice kernel: eth1: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0010.
Jan 8 17:07:49 liquice kernel: 8139too: rx stop wait too long
Jan 8 17:07:49 liquice kernel: eth1: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
Jan 8 17:07:51 liquice kernel: eth1: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
Jan 8 17:07:57 liquice kernel: eth1: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0050.
Jan 8 17:07:57 liquice kernel: eth1: Setting 100mbps half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 40a1.
Jan 8 17:08:09 liquice kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
Jan 8 17:08:09 liquice kernel: eth1: Setting 100mbps half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability ffff.

after a reboot the same problem occured.

Switching back to v2.4.7 solved the problem so I don't think that
it's a hardware issue.

So has anybody an idea whats happening here? Hardware info below. Let me know if you need any additional info.

Thanks
Dennis

liquice:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0305 (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 8305
00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 40)
00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 06)
00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 16)
00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 16)
00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 (rev 10)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 (rev 10)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 (rev 10)
00:11.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.: Unknown device 0d30 (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL AGP (rev 65)

liquice:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 4
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1210.814
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 2411.72
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