Subject: Re: bce data error with BCM4401-B0
To: Brook Milligan <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
From: Tom Spindler <dogcow@babymeat.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/31/2006 10:19:37
> I am trying to install NetBSD (2006.07.07.00.00.00 for now) on a Dell
> XPS M1210 laptop. The kernel detects the ethernet device as:
>
> bce0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 10/100 Ethernet
>
> Configuration of the device with ifconfig seems fine. However, as
> soon as the device is connected to a live network, the console scrolls
> the following messages (for each packet?):
>
> bce0: data error
How much memory do you have? If more than a gig, it's a known problem;
see bce(4).