Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 12:28:00 -0400 From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ed1: warning - receiver ring buffer overrun Message-ID: <199507071628.MAA29506@mail.htp.com>
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>> It's caused by the receive buffer in the ethernet card overflowing. Is it >>a 16bit card? If not, you should change it. If it is, then I'd just ignore it; >>it's not a very important error. > >Its a 16bit SMC, so basically what is happening is the small on-card buffer is >pitching packets, which will be resent. The card is in a crappy 486/66 so I >wouldnt be suprised if it wasnt servicing the card as often as it should. > >-Crh > > Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu > > http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/ > Just as a matter of interest, do you have any bus mastering cards in the box? what other cards do you have? I assume that you have 2 ethernet cards in the box. You may have something that is disabling interrupt processing or stealing the bus for too long. dennis
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