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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:30:24 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "abhishek singh" <abhishek.slideshare@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel error
Message-ID:  <448xdpb8j3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <bdd200f00703210619of54c2a8j5c48bdea04d168c0@mail.gmail.com> (abhishek singh's message of "Wed\, 21 Mar 2007 18\:49\:39 %2B0530")
References:  <bdd200f00703210619of54c2a8j5c48bdea04d168c0@mail.gmail.com>

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"abhishek singh" <abhishek.slideshare@gmail.com> writes:

> I am getting  this " kernel: sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=e8)" kernel
> error  in /var/log/messages what it does mean .I am using FreeBSD 5.4.

It's a recommended workaround from National Semiconductor for
behaviour that I would assume deals with signal propagation on short
ethernet cables.  I haven't read the 83815 spec; if you want more
details, you will need to do so.

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/



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