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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:46:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Britton Johnson <johnson@lindenwood.edu>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: de0 and bad crc/alignment errors
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On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Britton Johnson wrote:

> 
> I searched the mailing list archive and came up with several hits
> regarding the de0 driver and bad crc/alignment errors.  Apparently it is
> somewhat common.  However, there weren't any real summaries to show 
> that anyone had a real grip on the cause of the problem.  I am basicaly
> just concerned whether it is a security risk or if it is something I can
> ignore?  

They're just data errors, you can ignore them.  Generally these come from
bad/busy hubs or IPX traffic.

> I am running 2.2.6-RELEASE, and the card is a Kingston.
> The kernel messages complain from a variety of ethernet addresses.
> 
> Is there a patch available?  Should I consider a different network
> interface?  Should I ignore these messages?

You can shut it up by editing /sys/pci/if_de.c and look for "receive:" to
find the printf; comment out the line and rebuild your kernel to quiet it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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