Re: NIC kernel error
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 17:37 -0600, Peter Spuhler wrote:
> My network hangs every so often and the following message appears on ttys0
>
> eth0: RX MAC fifo overflow smac[00810400]
>
> running kernel 2.6.11-powerpc-smp and the network chip in my G4
> according to lspci is
> Apple UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01)
>
> Has anyone experienced this message? If so is this a kernel bug or a
> network configuration error?
>
> I recently switched from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps line and this error occurs
> more frequently.
> Restarting the network fixes the network connection.
Hrm... that's annoying. A fix was made to the driver recently to fix a
problem with incorrect recovery on Rx MAC overflow, but I can't remember
if it made it to 2.6.11 or if it's only in 2.6.12, I'll try to figure
that out.
Ben.
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