Re: wm(4) problems

[buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost (Brian Buhrow)]

        Is it possible you have a bad ethernet cable?  That kind of error
sounds like either a bad cable or a bad port on the switch.  I'm not saying
it's not a driver bug, but if it's generating CRC errors on the other side,
that's sounding very hardwareish!
-Brian

On Jan 12,  8:33pm, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
} Subject: Re: wm(4) problems
} Brian Buhrow wrote:
} >     The dmesg output might be a good idea.  We're running a number of
} > wm(4) devices in our network, and we have virtually no trouble with them.
} > We have both copper and fiber-based wm(4) devices, and all work great.
} > This is with a mix of 3.0 and 3.1 kernels in production environments, so
} > they run for months and years at a time.
} 
} I'll get you the dmesg as soon as the ethernet interface comes back up.
} 
} Peace...  Sridhar
>-- End of excerpt from Sridhar Ayengar