Subject: Re: Serious SCB Timeout problems in 2.0.2 on Alpha w/ fxp devices
To: Eike Dehling <e.e.dehling@student.utwente.nl>
From: Stephen Jones <smj@cirr.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/26/2005 17:30:58
On Jun 26, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Eike Dehling wrote:
> I'm not sure about which release it started in, but i have trouble
> with fxp's too. I regularly get 'fxp0: device timeout' messages.
> Especially when downloading thigns (via ftp/http), i get like one of
> those every 10 seconds. Having the fxp upload new microcode with the
> link0 flag helps somewhat, but the messages don't go away, they just
> become less frequent. I'm running 2.0.2 on an AlphaPC too (an alphapc
> 164sx).
Eike -
Thank you for pointing out that feature. I've enabled 'CPUSaver' on
both interfaces to see how it
goes.