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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au!netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au!orca1.vic.design.telecom.com.au!picasso.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!gateway.dircsa.org.au!cleese.apana.org.au!cleese.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD-current and ed0: NIC memory corrupt errors Date: 7 May 1994 23:40:37 +0930 Organization: cleese.apana.org.au Public Access UNIX +61-8-3736006 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <2qg7hf$c50@cleese.apana.org.au> References: <2qcbag$f5t@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU> NNTP-Posting-Host: cleese.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] In article <2qcbag$f5t@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU>, Glen Pill (rxtgep@geppc.xx.rmit.edu.au) wrote: > Has anyone found a solution to this problem... > ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 65535 > ed0: is a SMC Ultra > ed0 at isa0 port 0x280-0x29f iomem 0xe0000-0xe3fff irq 10: > address 00:00:c0:ce:a8:83, type SMC8216/SMC8216C (16-bit) I get the same thing with an NE2000: Apr 27 01:18:03 cleese /386bsd: ed0: remote transmit DMA failed to complete Apr 27 01:18:03 cleese /386bsd: ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 19969 Apr 27 01:18:03 cleese last message repeated 4 times Apr 27 01:18:19 cleese /386bsd: ed0: remote transmit DMA failed to complete Apr 27 01:18:19 cleese /386bsd: ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 19969 Apr 27 01:18:19 cleese last message repeated 2 times Apr 27 01:18:19 cleese /386bsd: ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 20225 It doesn't appear to actually do any harm; the system continues to network just fine after the errors appear on the console (I should hope so! It's acting as a mail and news hub for 60-odd other systems :-). Is it worth worrying about? - mark -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, newton@cleese.apana.org.au but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-8-3735575 --------------- Data: +61-8-3736006 -----