In message <9701141427.AA03405@bach>, "Gordon W. Ross" writes:
> > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:59:49 -0500
> > From: Charles Lepple <clepple@foo.campus.vt.edu>
> 
> > NetBSD/sparc is finally installed on my 4/260 and things are mostly working, 
> > but I'm getting some weird messages from the Ethernet driver (ie0 -- onboard).
> > For instance:
> > 
> > Jan 13 23:00:18 candle /netbsd: ie0: TDR detected an open 0 clocks away
> > ...
> > Jan 13 23:06:04 candle /netbsd: ie0: TDR detected an open 1280 clocks away
> > ...
> > Jan 13 23:09:42 candle /netbsd: ie0: TDR detected an open 8192 clocks away
> > 
> > These mostly occur after reboots, although I haven't had the machine up for
> > too long to see if they repeat (it's loud, and I have a very small dorm 
> > room...).
> 
> The "ie" driver on the Sun3/260 (same driver) also prints those messges.
> I'm pretty sure they are nonsense, but I don't know why they appear.
> 
> Gordon

I remember getting these when I worked on the few fixes
that were needed to make the sparc ie driver work on the sun3.
it was the once-at-boot kinda thing that other people have said.
it didn't make much sense to me then, either.

-Chuck