On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 17:37 -0600, Peter Spuhler wrote: > My network hangs every so often and the following message appears on ttys0 > > eth0: RX MAC fifo overflow smac[00810400] > > running kernel 2.6.11-powerpc-smp and the network chip in my G4 > according to lspci is > Apple UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01) > > Has anyone experienced this message? If so is this a kernel bug or a > network configuration error? > > I recently switched from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps line and this error occurs > more frequently. > Restarting the network fixes the network connection.
Hrm... that's annoying. A fix was made to the driver recently to fix a problem with incorrect recovery on Rx MAC overflow, but I can't remember if it made it to 2.6.11 or if it's only in 2.6.12, I'll try to figure that out. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
