Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:46:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Britton Johnson <johnson@lindenwood.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 and bad crc/alignment errors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980711214449.3277g-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980709093157.3789A-100000@lc.lindenwood.edu>
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On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Britton Johnson wrote: > > 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. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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