8139too.c and 2.4.4-pre1 kernel burp

Jeff,

I noticed the following on boot with 2.4.4-pre1:

kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.

What is this saying to me :)

Thanks,

Frank

How often does this occur? A lot, or just once or twice?

Jeff Garzik       | Sam: "Mind if I drive?"
Building 1024     | Max: "Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash
MandrakeSoft      |       and shrieking like a cheerleader."

Every time I boot the kernel... very last statement.

Hello!

For example, after getting ~3MB of package information form ftp.debian.org
I find this in /var/log/syslog:

Apr 11 09:56:26 unknown kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt,
IntrStatus=0x0001. 
Apr 11 09:57:24 unknown kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt,
IntrStatus=0x0001. 
Apr 11 09:58:31 unknown last message repeated 7 times 
Apr 11 09:59:35 unknown last message repeated 5 times 
Apr 11 09:59:58 unknown kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt,

IntrStatus=0x0001.

This is 2.4.4pre1.

[root@unknown:~ ] lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] 00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16) 00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:04.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev
02)
00:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02) 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
00:11.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 03)

[root@unknown:~ ] cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0

  0:   17760753          XT-PIC  timer
  1:      37659          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  3:    1991785          XT-PIC  eth0
  4:       1623          XT-PIC  via82cxxx
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
 10:       2066          XT-PIC  bttv
 12:    1104400          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
 14:     291752          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:          4          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0

[root@unknown:~ ] cat /usr/src/linux/.config|grep 8139 CONFIG_8139TOO=y
# CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set

[root@unknown:~ ] mii-tool -v
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0
basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD

Greetings,
Stefan Becker

Jeff;
I am getting the same problem with 2.4.3-ac4. See the attached messages log and system Information. The problem seems to be traffic sensitive, with higher traffic between my system and the Cisco 675 DSL modem at 10.0.0.1.
Please let me know if I can provide any further useful information.
Art Wagner