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.