Re: Ariadne errors

[is%beverly.rhein.de@localhost (Ignatios Souvatzis)]

Hi Torgeir,

> Hi!
> 
> I finished installing NetBSD 1.2 just the other day.
> I must say it seems like a very solid product!
> 
> I even got to install X11 (with support for my PicassoIV -- Great!),
> and got Ethernetworking up and running on my Ariadne card. I have a
> direct connection to the Internet at 10Mb/s.
> 
> The only problem I have is with the networking, while initializing the
> ae0 interface I get the message : lost carrier. 
> 
> I thought this meant I didn't get a connection, but upon further
> inspection everything was functional (PING, FTP etc.).
> 
> I also get rather a few of the messages like:
> 
> crc mismatch
> framing error
> 
> They seem to crop up every few minutes, but when disk activity is
> high, the pop up rather more often.
> 
> Maybe there is some relation to the IDE driver, as my disk is on the
> IDE interface of my A4000.
> 
> My full configuration is:
> 
> A4000/060, Apollo 4060 populated with 36Mb RAM, SCSI, but currently
> not used (PIO-SCSI).
> 
> Ariadne Ethernet card.
> Seagate 2.1 Gb Medalist 256kb cache, 4500rpm
> PicassoIV
> 
> If anyone knows what I might do to get the errors to disappear, it
> would be great!

I've been reported worse errors from somebody with the Apollo 3060.
Basically, he had to switch caching completely off in his kernel (you
can guess he knows how to handle a C compiler).

I suspect They (Apollo) did change something in the way the
Z2BUS-and-related address (e.g. A3000 Motherboard i/o) space is cached,
although they denied it.

Regards,
        Ignatios Souvatzis
        Ignatios Souvatzis