[lug] eth0: tx interrupt but no status

[D. Stimits]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> Paul Bille wrote:
> >
> > Dec 10 18:12:00 liz kernel: eth0: tx interrupt but no status
> > Dec 10 18:16:14 liz last message repeated 4 times
> > Dec 10 18:18:13 liz kernel: eth0: tx interrupt but no status
> > Dec 10 18:19:29 liz last message repeated 5 times

I found the following quote at
http://www.dalantech.com/coyote-faq.shtml

Q: Sometimes I see "eth1: tx interrupt but no status" or "eth1: rx
interrupt but no status" in my daily logs. What does this mean?

A: "tx" means transfer and "rx" means receive. The message seems to mean
that a status message was dropped or overwritten after a packet was sent
- the driver just wasn't able to confirm that the packet was sent
successfully after it got a message that the packet was sent
successfully.

If it bugs you, replace the NIC with a different model or hack the
driver and remove the line. Otherwise, ignore the message. The driver
doesn't do anything when this happens except display that message for
you.

....

I would have to conclude from this that someone is doing some sort of
denial of service in this case. Perhaps the overwrite is due to
flooding.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com