>  	Helo Timo.  Just so I understand, are you saying that when running
>  with this patch, it works fine in daily use, but flood ping fails?  Or, are
>  you running without my patches?  What kind of switch/hub are you connected
>  to?
>  -thanks
>  -Brian

hi brian,

the point is that it happens with NetBSD 3.0-RELEASE (w/o your patch), 
as well as two (own) builds of NetBSD-3, with and without your patch; 
most interestingly, a nearly same configured machine at a remote data 
center does not show this problem.

i tested my machine with

a) a SMC 10/100 Hub,

b) a Nortel 450-24T managed switch,

c) a cross over cable directly connected to a Power Mac G4.

no differences here. autonegotiation works perfectly for fxp0, so no 
half/full duplex problem. netstat -i doesn't show Ierrs/Oerrs, however.

AFAICS your patch is not involved here, and that's why i reported back.

thank,

timo