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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!cam.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!edi.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.eunet.fi!news.muncca.fi!count From: count@snafu.muncca.fi (Bror 'Count' Heinola) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.0.5-RELEASE: Problems with NE2100 Date: 3 Jul 1995 02:49:38 GMT Organization: Muncca UNIX (technical mismanagement) Lines: 152 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3t7ls2$4ap@wizard.muncca.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: snafu.muncca.fi Keywords: FreeBSD 2.0.5 NE2100 lnc (This is a message I posted to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org yesterday with some additions) Is there a (known?) problem with the lnc0 driver? I'm using a NE2100 (the real thing, not a clone) and I get the following message now and then; Jul 2 11:22:45 key /kernel: lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting I haven't noticed any other strangeness with the thing. I also mailed hackers@freebsd.org about a problem with network card a few days ago - this is the same setup except for the network card. I recently tried to ftp a large (50M) file over to a Linux box on the same ethernet with me, and these are the results; Jul 3 04:31:55 key /kernel: lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting Jul 3 04:31:57 key /kernel: lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting Jul 3 04:32:41 key /kernel: lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting Jul 3 04:45:32 key /kernel: lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting Jul 3 04:46:12 key last message repeated 27 times Throughput was something like 30k/s - I didn't try to ftp the whole file over. And this is what I got when I ftp'd stuff from the Linux box into mine; Jul 3 04:46:29 key /kernel: lnc0: Receive overflow error Jul 3 04:46:31 key last message repeated 5 times Does any else have this kind of problems with NE2100? I'd be most delighted to know. I'll be trying a SMC Elite Ultra to see if it works any better. Other possibly relevant info; uname -a: FreeBSD key.hole.fi 2.0.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE #0: Sun Jul 2 10:04:26 EET DST 1995 root@key.hole.fi:/usr/src/sys/compile/KEY i386 FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE #0: Sun Jul 2 10:04:26 EET DST 1995 root@key.hole.fi:/usr/src/sys/compile/KEY dmesg: CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU) real memory = 7995392 (1952 pages) avail memory = 6885376 (1681 pages) Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> ed0 not found at 0x300 ed1 not found at 0x280 lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port lp0: TCP/IP capable interface sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16450 sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16450 fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa fdc0: NEC 765 fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST3390A> wd0: 325MB (666624 sectors), 768 cyls, 14 heads, 62 S/T, 512 B/S wdc1 not found at 0x170 lnc0 at 0x340-0x357 irq 5 drq 7 on isa lnc0: NE2100 (LANCE) Ethernet controller, address 00:00:1b:18:c9:a6 npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface Probing for devices on the pci0 bus: configuration mode 1 allows 32 devices. pci0:16: vendor=0x1060, device=0x8881, class=bridge [not supported] pci0:18: vendor=0x1060, device=0x8886, class=bridge [not supported] lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting lnc0: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting current kernel config: # KEY - key.hole.fi FreeBSD 2.0.5 kernel config # # KEY - 486DX/33 PCI 8M 340M machine "i386" cpu "I386_CPU" cpu "I486_CPU" ident KEY maxusers 10 options "CHILD_MAX=128" options "OPEN_MAX=128" config kernel root on wd0 options "COMPAT_43" options SYSVSHM options SYSVSEM options SYSVMSG options KTRACE options UCONSOLE options INET pseudo-device ether pseudo-device loop options IPACCT options FFS options NFS options MSDOSFS options PROCFS options "NSWAPDEV=10" pseudo-device pty 64 pseudo-device log controller isa0 options "AUTO_EOI_1" #options "AUTO_EOI_2" options DUMMY_NOPS # The syscons console driver (sco color console compatible) - default. device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr options HARDFONTS options "MAXCONS=16" device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr device ed1 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 5 iomem 0xcc000 vector edintr device lnc0 at isa? port 0x340 net irq 5 drq 7 vector lncintr controller pci0 device de0 options PROBE_VERBOSE -- Bror 'Count' Heinola # E-mail: # Network admin of muncca.fi Pengerkatu 13b A5 # count@snafu.muncca.fi # Count in IRC 00530 HELSINKI # count@key.hole.fi # "Is that lemon in your tea?" # ...free your mind... # "No, s'lime."