On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Kari J Mettinen wrote:

> > 
> > > ed0: length does not match next packet pointer
> > > ed0: len e262 nlen fe62 start 0c first 00 curr 71 next ff stop 40
> > > ed0: NIC memory corrupt -- invalid packet length 65122
> > > ed0: reset
> > > 
> > > What does this means ?
> > 
> > It means the Hydra driver thinks its memory has been corrupted.  This seems
> > to happen after every reboot on my system.
> > 
> > > and how can i fix this if there is anything to fix ?
> > 
> > Just ignore the message.
> 
>   Or solder more mem on the Hydra like I did =) ( and change one line
> in amig/dev/if_ed.c ), if you already have 64K of mem on the hydra
> you just need to change that one line. Adding mem really helps on
> my machine, no more 'ed0: reset's with heavy traffic. 
> 
> >   -jm

This is very interesting! Could you please describe this "hack" more
completely? Are there any schematics available of this? Do you have any
more "hacks" to share with us? I *LOVE* Amiga hardware mods.
 Thanx a lot!

             A M I G A           
    // "Back for the Future"  //
  \X/    joetee@netcom.com  \X/