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Date:      Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:55:05 -0600
From:      "Mike" <mgrommet@insolwwb.net>
To:        <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Problems with this network card / driver?
Message-ID:  <000301be165a$61cac920$0cf896d0@mikeg.insolwwb.net>

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Hi guys... using 3.0 release on 2 servers....3.0 reports this particular
card like this on boot

lnc1: <PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter> rev 0x25 int a irq 14 on pci1.5.0
lnc1: PCnet-FAST address 00:60:94:57:4c:f2

And things seem ok, until I start putting somewhat considerable load on the
network card  when this happens, I get lots of these:
omega /kernel: lnc1: Transmit of packet failed after 16 attempts

but the machine seems to hum along with no real noticeable speed
problems...  the data always is intact once its transferred too...

These particular machines are IBM rackmounted server 325's...
they have an onboard adaptec 7880 and built in ethernet... all in all a
pretty dandy little machine as long as you overlook the integrated
components...

Actually I have 3 of these servers...... 1 of which runs freebsd 3.0, acting
as a usenet newsgroup server...
which gets these same errors 1 of which is a web server, running 3.0 and
apache 1.3.3 (which has this
same error)

and the 3rd is running bsdi 4.0... it recognizes the card as an AMD ethernet
derivative, but I cant remember the exact model. I do _not_ get these errors
or anything resembling them from the
bsdi machine, which by itself means nothing...  It just makes me think that
maybe there needs to be some investigation done
on the driver for this particular card


In any case should I be concerned at all? Like I said the machine hums
along perfectly but being the paranoid little guy that I am, I want to know
all the details before they
reach up and bite me on the ass.


Thanks for your input guys.

Mike Grommet
Unix Systems Adminstrator
Internet Solutions, Inc.
mgrommet@insolwwb.net



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