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Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:33:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Ian FREISLICH <if@hetzner.co.za>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [patch] Print the mac address for discarded oversize frames
Message-ID:  <20041110103204.R50554@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1CRngH-000JrE-00@hetzner.co.za>
References:  <E1CRngH-000JrE-00@hetzner.co.za>

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Ian FREISLICH wrote:

> Does it not make sense to print the mac address of the offending
> oversize frame generator, so at least the host generating these
> frames can be investigated?

Your switch is supposed to fix or reject malformed packets, so the MAC may
be a red herring.

> FWIW, the arrival of these frames seem to lock-up the rl0 (on
> 5.2-CURRENT #25: Tue Mar 30) until a keypress on the console.

Maybe the oversized packets are a symptom of what appears to be broken
interrupts on your system, not the other way aroud?

Try booting in safe mode and see if the problem goes away.

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Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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