Subject: Re: kern/10361: "last message repeated" logic mangles /var/log/messages
To: None <murray@pa.dec.com>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@sibyte.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/14/2000 11:05:28
murray@pa.dec.com (Hal Murray) writes:
> Jun 13 23:09:55 mckinley /netbsd: tlp0: receive ring overrun
> Jun 13 23:10:14 mckinley ntpd[177]: synchronisation lost
> Jun 13 23:09:55 mckinley last message repeated 301 times
> Jun 13 23:10:26 mckinley /netbsd: rrun                          <==
> Jun 13 23:10:26 mckinley /netbsd: tlp0: receive ring overrun
> Jun 13 23:10:26 mckinley last message repeated 301 times
> Jun 13 23:11:08 mckinley /netbsd: tlp0: receive error: CRC error
> Jun 13 23:11:29 mckinley /netbsd: rrun                          <==
> Jun 13 23:11:29 mckinley /netbsd: tlp0: receive ring overrun
> Jun 13 23:11:29 mckinley last message repeated 301 times

Uh, it sounds more to me like your message buffer is getting
truncated, and the first thing in it (i.e. that hasn't been pushed off
the beginning) is 'rrun'.

note the consistency; i wouldn't expect that from a random bug.

how big is your message buffer, and what does 'dmesg' say after one of
these tests is over?



cgd