On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:11:51 +0100 (MET) 
 Francesco Zerra <zerra@cmns.mnegri.it> wrote:

 > I've, obviously, two network cards and I got a lot of 'device timeout'
 > messages.

Which network card is generating the messages?  This is important :-)

 > These lines are the output of 'dmesg'
 > ==============================================================================
 > ............
 > ep1 at eisa0 slot 3: 3Com 3C579-TP Ethernet
 > ep1: interrupting at irq 10
 > ep1: MAC address 00:20:af:74:d3:a9
 > ep1: 8KB byte-wide FIFO, 5:3 Rx:Tx split, utp/aui (default utp)
 > ...........
 > ne1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x31f irq 10
 > ne1: NE2000 Ethernet
 > ne1: Ethernet address 00:60:52:00:f8:cc
 > =============================================================================

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>