Comment 2 for bug 109629

I have the same problem with my 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78).

May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e681.
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] diagnostics: net 0ccc media 88c0 dma 0000003a fifo 8800
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] eth0: Interrupt posted but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device?
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 163142(6) current 163142(6)
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] Transmit list 00000000 vs. dfcaf5c0.
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 0: @dfcaf200 length 80000047 status 0c010047
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 1: @dfcaf2a0 length 8000004a status 0001004a
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 2: @dfcaf340 length 8000004a status 0001004a
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 3: @dfcaf3e0 length 8000004d status 0c01004d
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 4: @dfcaf480 length 80000047 status 8c010047
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 5: @dfcaf520 length 80000047 status 8c010047
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 6: @dfcaf5c0 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 7: @dfcaf660 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 8: @dfcaf700 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 9: @dfcaf7a0 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 10: @dfcaf840 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 11: @dfcaf8e0 length 8000003c status 0c01003c
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 12: @dfcaf980 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 13: @dfcafa20 length 8000003c status 0c01003c
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 14: @dfcafac0 length 80000047 status 0c010047
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] 15: @dfcafb60 length 80000042 status 00010042
May 1 13:51:40 phobius-desktop kernel: [ 6883.076000] eth0: Resetting the Tx ring pointer.

It seems as if the problem is related to the amount and speed of data transmitted/recieved.
I can go to as many web sites as I like, stay online for hours on numerous IM services but as soon as I try to download something that's +100MB the problem occurs.

I've never had this problem until I upgraded to fiesty, I ran edgy since the release until about a week back when I upgraded.

I can't really go back to using the older kernels as the nvidia module won't compile because of differing gcc-versions so it seems like I'm stuck with this problem until
I bake my own kernel or downgrade.

I haven't tried it but would it be possible to use the old code for the 3C905/509-drivers to make a module or compile it into the kernel?