Subject: Re: Re. Gem0 Problems with NetBSD 4.0 Beta2
To: David H. Gutteridge <dhgutteridge@sympatico.ca>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/11/2007 23:25:30
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Hello,

On Apr 11, 2007, at 21:50, David H. Gutteridge wrote:

>> I'm running NetBSD 4.0 Beta2 on a 350MHz iMac G3.  The system sources 
>> were
>> last updated and compiled/installed on April 6.
>>
>> I'm not sure when this problem started but I first noticed it a few 
>> days ago
>> when I tried to back up a large (612MB) file to a remote system.  The 
>> scp
>> transfer times out after two or three minutes.  Here are the relevant
>> entries from the system logs:
>>
>> Apr 11 00:09:49 abel /netbsd: gem0: discarding oversize frame 
>> (len=3D21002)
>> Apr 11 00:09:49 abel /netbsd: gem0: discarding oversize frame 
>> (len=3D32767)
> <snip>
>
> I have a similar vintage machine to yours (366MHz iBook SE) also with a
> GMAC card, but running release 3.1.  I just transferred a 400MB file as
> a test, and didn't encounter this problem.  Could this be a regression?

Hmm, gem always worked fine on my iBook G4 ( 800MHz model )
Please post dmesg and the gem's pcictl dump output, both of you.

have fun
Michael
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