NIC help

[Åke Svensson]

Hi David!

I had the same problems too with my RTL8139 NIC but I think that there isn't
any decent chip support until kernels 2.4.16 and upwards. I run both 2.4.16
and 2.4.17 on two PPC 7600 with RTL8139 support compiled into the kernel.

Regards,

Ake Svensson

> Från: "David McInnis" <david@dataovation.com>
> Svara till: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Datum: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:20:15 -0800
> Till: <realtek@scyld.com>, <linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org>,
> <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Ämne: NIC help
> 
> My setup is:
> 
> I am running YDL 2.1 with kernel 2.4.10-12a.
> NIC is Macsense FE-551 using the realtek chipset (rtl8139).
> 
> 
> 
> What is this error (logged to my /var/log/messages).
> 
> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
> 7265766c!
> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Abnormal interrupt, status
> 00000020.
> 
> Here are the preceding messages.
> 
> Mar 26 20:59:30 content network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
> Mar 26 20:59:30 content network: Bringing up interface lo:  succeeded
> Mar 26 20:59:30 content kernel: eth0: PHY ID: 0x00206071
> Mar 26 20:59:30 content kernel: eth0: Found Broadcom BCM5411 PHY
> (Gigabit)
> Mar 26 20:59:31 content network: Bringing up interface eth0:  succeeded
> Mar 26 20:59:31 content kernel: eth1: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based
> on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1.
> Mar 26 20:59:31 content network: Bringing up interface eth1:  succeeded
> Mar 26 20:59:32 content kernel: eth0: Link state change, phy_status:
> 0x796d
> Mar 26 20:59:32 content kernel: eth0:    Link up ! BCM54xx aux_stat:
> 0xf534 (link mode: 5)
> Mar 26 20:59:32 content kernel: eth0:    Full Duplex: 1, Speed: 100
> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
> 7265766c!
> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Abnormal interrupt, status
> 00000020.
> Mar 26 21:00:00 content CROND[6565]: (root) CMD (   /sbin/rmmod -as)
> Mar 26 21:01:00 content CROND[6567]: (root) CMD (run-parts
> /etc/cron.hourly)
> 
> 
> David McInnis
> 
> 
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