Re: Ethernet frame spanned...

zero cool (david@kalifornia.com)
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:27:12 -0800 (PST)


Edit your NIC driver.c file and undefine full duplex.

david

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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Johnny Stenback wrote:

> > Hi > > Got a lot (~200 before I rebooted) of these in my log with 2.0.25 on > Sunday... > > kernel: eth0: Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers,status 0085c1be! > > The status number changes > > 0071c1ba > 7fffceff > 00c6c1ba > 01c1c1ba > ... > > These came in bursts of ~10-50 with ~30 seconds between the bursts, > everything worked as far as I could tell though... > > The eth0 card is the only network card in the machine and it is a "old > smc8432 (DEC 21040 Tulip)" according to the kernel (with the tulip > driver) and it's connected to the net through the BNC-port (it's a > combo card). > > I don't know if this is a hardware failure, something strange > happening on the LAN or a driver bug, I just thought that I'd let you > know... > > -- > Johnny Stenback, programmer / University of Vaasa, Computer Centre > E-Mail jst@uwasa.fi, Phone +358 50 5575 094 >