Re: 2nd nfe interface not showing up on Tyan S2895

From: Arno J. Klaassen <arno_at_heho.snv.jussieu.fr>
Date: 29 Oct 2007 10:02:08 +0100
Dear Pyun YongHyeon,

> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:27:25PM +0100, Arno J. Klaassen wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > I'm playing with RELENG_7 on a spare S2895 I have around and
>  > have difficulties with the ethernet interfaces :
>  > 
>  >  - nfe0 shows up and works OK under 1Gbps (at least for
>  >    buildworlds etc over NFS) but under 100Mbps it says :
>  > 
>  >     install kernel: nfe0: tx v2 error 0x6004
>  >     install kernel: nfe0: tx v2 error 0x6204<UNDERFLOW>
>  > 
> 
> Because developers don't know what exact meaning for Tx completion
> status word would be(Only NVIDIA knows that) nfe(4) just shows the
> possible error candidate.

OK

> If you see the code you may notice no error
> recovery is attempted for the case.
> So I guess you can also ignore it unless the message contiously is
> printed on youe console while network activity is in progress.

Ehmm, I notice no network activity at all ... when plugged at
a 100Mbps 3com hub.
As said, plugged at a (Netgear) 1Gbps it works flawlessly.

Let me know if I can test a patch/sysctl etc. For the time being
I will use this board internally anyway.
 
Regards, Arno

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Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 15:53:25 UTC

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