Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:27:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: max@iclub.nsu.ru (Max Khon) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/PCI troubles Message-ID: <199707280757.RAA05486@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728124746.8750A-100000@iclub.nsu.ru> from Max Khon at "Jul 28, 97 12:54:24 pm"
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Max Khon stands accused of saying: > > We've got fifteen workstations with AMD PCNet/PCI network adapters > Linux runs perfectly with this cards, but FreeBSD LANCE driver seems to > be quite unstable: Is it "unstable", or is it just verbose in its complaining? > Jul 28 12:38:13 ws09 /kernel: lnc1: Receive CRC error > Jul 28 12:38:14 ws09 /kernel: lnc1: Framming error These two indicate that there's something bad going on with either your cabling or a card that's generating bad signal. > Jul 28 12:38:13 ws09 /kernel: lnc1: Babble error - more than 1519 bytes transmitted This is directly reporting an error from the Lance. It doesn't look too good. 8( I don't have access to a current Linux kernel tree (as getting such an animal requires real effort, as opposed to the FreeBSD tree 8), so I can't check offhand and see if they actually report these errors to the console. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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