Subject: Re: ne0: ring buffer overrun
To: David Forbes <dmf20@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 03/12/1999 09:25:03
David Forbes wrote:
> 
> ...is there anyway of reducing this error.  e.g. can I increase the 
> size of the ring buffer?  I get it rather a lot when transferring
> data across the network, and I get much slower transfer than in RISC 
> OS.
> 
> Machine: A7000+, i-cubed EtherH NIC. -current 1.3K
> 
Well the card does have more buffer space than is currently used.
However I'm not sure more can be used without driving the chip in a
completely different way. I'll have a look soon since I'm adding some
other things to the EtherH code anyway.

Mike