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On Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:02:41 AM you wrote:
<snip>
> * reconfigure the console to be 80x50 or 80x60? That way we can see
> the whole panic message

This is now done.

> * can you please add some printfs() ? Just so we know the value of the
> parameters being passed into that function?
> 
> It sounds like once the NIC goes into a "funny" state, it's corrupting
> something (which may be the symptom; may be the problem) and free'ing
> the TX/RX buffer ring contents is failing.

I have no idea where to put these.  I am not really any sort of coder.  I can 
-sometimes- parse source, but usually only when it's fairly documented, but as 
far as anything else goes.. I'm at a loss.

Chuck Burns