Subject: Re: Networking Problems Still
To: Don Smith <dcsmith@rutchem.rutgers.edu>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/05/1998 11:00:49
At 8:02 AM -0800 3/5/98, Don Smith wrote:
>ae0: flags = 8822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>media:manual
>inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0x0
>


>occasionally on bootup i get
>
>ae0:amount of memory
>ae0:hardware address
>ae0:Ring overflow
>

At least the ring overflow cold be due to the card getting initialized
under MacOS before NetBSD gets to it.  The 0 IP and netmask would most
likely be due to your /etc/ifconfig.ae0 file not being read or not being
valid.

Something else you should check though are the ae0 lines earlier in the
boot process.  They should list the slot it's in, the hardware Ethernet
address, and maybe the brand or model as well.  If not then those
memory/address warnings are an indication that the kernel doesn't recognize
the card and you'll need someone wiser than I to tell you how to fix the
kernel to handle the card properly.

Signature failed Preliminary Design Review.
Feasibility of a new signature is currently being evaluated.
h.b.hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu