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On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 08:25:42PM +0100, Markus W Kilbinger wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> Recent -current changes produce many
>=20
>   wm0: wm_tx_offload: packet headers did not fit in first mbuf, packet dr=
opped
>   wm1: wm_tx_offload: packet headers did not fit in first mbuf, packet dr=
opped
>=20
> messages on one of our i386 machines (the only machine with wm* nics,
> dmesg excerpt):
>=20
>   wm0 at pci2 dev 10 function 0: Intel i82545EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev.=
 1
>   wm0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22 (irq 5)
>   wm0: 32-bit 33MHz PCI bus
>   wm0: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
>   wm0: Ethernet address 00:07:e9:xx:xx:xx
>   makphy0 at wm0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3
>   makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 100=
0baseT-FDX, auto
>   wm1 at pci2 dev 11 function 0: Intel i82545EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev.=
 1
>   wm1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23 (irq 9)
>   wm1: 32-bit 33MHz PCI bus
>   wm1: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
>   wm1: Ethernet address 00:07:e9:yy:yy:yy
>   makphy1 at wm1 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3
>   makphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 100=
0baseT-FDX, auto
>=20
> Though the machines is still accessible from one side (for login e.
> g.), it no longer routes network packets ...
>=20
> A kernel compiled from Nov 13th -current sources does not show this
> misbehavior.

My undetstanding is that this change reflects cathing an error condition=20
that went undetected (and thus unreported) before. So it's not that the=20
kernel started misbehaving, it's that it started telling you about issues.

Take care,

Bill

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