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From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Miriam H Blueford <mimi@pikesville.net>
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Subject: Re: de0 error help
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On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Miriam H Blueford wrote:

> pci ether often reports alignment error
> "de0:mac address recieve alignment error"?
> any ideas or help would be apprecitated.

Completely harmless and normal.  the de driver reports *all* input errors;
all other Ethernet drivers just increase ierrs and don't say anything
more.

Doug White                               
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