Token Ring Problems...

[Scott Dudley <scott@telesoft.com>]

We're using the TR driver that came with Debian 1.3 kernel 2.0.29.  Also 
using the IBM Auto 4/16 (I think that's right) card.  We've installed and 
are using it at approximately 20 different sites and have never had a 
problem... until now.  We have one particular machine with which we had no 
problems in the shop connected to a MAU.  When installed, we're getting the 
following errors:

/var/log/messages:

May 12 08:00:23 duq011 kernel: tr0: Arrg. Transmitter busy for more than 50 
msec
. Donald resets adapter, but resetting
May 12 08:00:23 duq011 kernel: the IBM tokenring adapter takes a long time. 
It m
ight not even help when the
May 12 08:00:23 duq011 kernel: ring is very busy, so we just wait a little 
longe
r and hope for the best.

dmesg command:

the IBM tokenring adapter takes a long time. It might not even help when 
the
ring is very busy, so we just wait a little longer and hope for the best.
tr0: Arrg. Transmitter busy for more than 50 msec. Donald resets adapter,  
 but re
setting

more /var/log/messages:

May 12 07:44:19 duq011 kernel: tr0: Line errors 01, Internal errors 00, 
Burst er
rors 00
May 12 07:44:19 duq011 kernel: A/C errors 00, Abort delimiters 00, Lost 
frames 0
0
May 12 07:44:19 duq011 kernel: Receive congestion count 00, Frame copied 
errors
00
May 12 07:44:19 duq011 kernel: Frequency errors FF, Token errors 00
May 12 07:44:29 duq011 kernel: tr0: xmit ret_code: 28 xmit error code: D8
May 12 07:45:09 duq011 last message repeated 3 times
May 12 07:45:55 duq011 last message repeated 8 times
May 12 07:46:10 duq011 kernel: tr0: New ring status: 20
May 12 07:46:11 duq011 kernel: tr0: Signal loss/Lobe fault
May 12 07:46:11 duq011 kernel: tr0: We try to reopen the adapter.
May 12 07:46:16 duq011 kernel: tr0: Adapter initialized and opened.
May 12 07:46:16 duq011 kernel: tr0: adapter error: ISRP_EVEN : 04
May 12 07:46:16 duq011 kernel: tr0: Unknown command 09 encountered
May 12 07:46:17 duq011 kernel: tr0: Unknown command 09 in arb
May 12 07:46:30 duq011 kernel: tr0: Arrg. Transmitter busy for more than 50 
msec
. Donald resets adapter, but resetting

What is the xmit error code D8?  If anyone is able to ascertain what is 
happening from the above, I would vertainly appreciate your input.

Many thanks.

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Scott Dudley, Telesoft Corp.

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   FAX: (602) 308-1300
 Email: scott@telesoft.com