Subject: Re: dodgy memory
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
From: John C. Hayward <John.C.Hayward@wheaton.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 01/12/1999 08:24:22
Dear Patrick,
I have seen this kind of message before - usually when a reboot from
windows to unix on i386. Usually a hard reset cleared the problem. I
don't remember seeing the uvm_fault message however. Hope this info
helps.
johnh...
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Patrick Welche wrote:
> ne0: warning - receiver ring buffer overrun
> ne0: length does not match next packet pointer
> ne0: len 760e nlen 7a0e start 4c first 7d curr 7e next f8 stop 80
> ne0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 31246
> uvm_fault(0xf01ea298, 0xf3bbe000, 0, 1) -> 1
> ne0: warning - receiver ring buffer overrun
>
> I take it it means what it says
> ne0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 31246
> ie., I need to send the ethernet card back?
>
> Patrick
>