Subject: Re: 1.4.1 lost carrier
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/20/1999 11:03:39
>>       Since upgrading my DECstation 5000/125 from 1.4 to 1.4.1, I've been
>> getting "le0: lost carrier" messages a lot. It didn't do this at all before
>> the upgrade. Any insights into why this is happening, or, more importantly,
>> how make it keep quiet about these messages (which don't seem to affect
>> anything on the net)? Thanks in advance
>
> To keep it quiet, just delete the printf() in sys/dev/ic/am7990.c and
> compile a new kernel.  This file didn't change between 1.4 and 1.4.1...

But, the messages imply the low quality (near broken) of network
configuration.  Back to sun2 age I remember the kernel message
indicated 'fire alert of catastrophic network meltdown'.  I can't
rely on UTP HUB patchworks in these days.

Tohru Nishimura
Nara Institute of Science and Technology