Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 03:46:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Britton Johnson <johnson@lindenwood.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SUMMARY: de0 and bad crc/alignment errors Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980712034427.1450A-100000@lc.lindenwood.edu>
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Huge thanks to: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> for coming through big time. This is my original post and his responses: > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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