Re: ne0: error

[John <john%sixgirls.org@localhost>]

Hello,

> ne0: length does not match next packet pointer
> ne0: len ff60 nlen fe60 start 4c first 00 curr 65 next ff stop 80
> ne0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 65120
>
> I didn't change anything to the setup. I can't say whether ne0: works
> properly (Ariadne II) since it's not configured yet with NetBSD. With
> AmigaOS, it works fine!
>
> What's this message about?

When the ethernet card receives data but there's no OS to listen (while
(re)booting), it hangs out in the card's memory. So when the OS does boot,
it tries to configure the card, sees that there's stuff in there, and
gives an error.

The busier your LAN, the more likely you'll get these errors upon
(re)boot. It happens to my machines all the time, including mac68k
machines and my colocated server. This isn't a problem.

John Klos