Subject: 4-port Ethernet Card
To: NetBSD Sparc Users <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/08/1999 23:38:14
This SS20 I happen to have in front of me has a quad Ethernet
card in it. It probes nicely:

    qec0 at sbus0 slot 1 offset 0x20000 level 4 (ipl 7): 128K memory
    qe0 at qec0 slot 0 offset 0x0 rev 1 address 08:00:20:21:30:77
    qe1 at qec0 slot 1 offset 0x0 rev 1 address 08:00:20:21:30:77
    qe2 at qec0 slot 2 offset 0x0 rev 1 address 08:00:20:21:30:77
    qe3 at qec0 slot 3 offset 0x0 rev 1 address 08:00:20:21:30:77

But unfortunately, as soon as it sees packets on the wire, it gets
upset. I get this with every packet:

    qe0: tx dma sbus error ack
    qe0: resetting...

I find this especially curious, since this only happens on packet
reception (I never see the packet in BPF, BTW), though there's
obviously a transmission problem, too, since my packets never get
out on the wire. This is with a cross-over cable to a 10base-T/AUI
transceiver attached to a sparc 2.

Using qe3 instead of le0 as my primary interface, attached to a
hub, nets a similar problem on packet receiption:

    qe3: rx dma sbus error ack
    qe3: resetting...

Could this be a bad card? Or is it our driver?

cjs
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