Subject: Re: Problems with gsip(4)
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 03/04/2002 08:56:54
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 03:53:36PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> > Otherwise a 700MHz processor should be more than enough.
>
> Could the number/kind of other PCI cards make a difference?
Yes. The errors you are getting are indicitave of a saturated PCI bus
(a Tx underrun happens when the PCI can't keep the Tx FIFO fed as fast
as the MAC can drain it). Once the underruns climb up to a certain point,
do they stop happening?
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>