Subject: Re: qe0: ring overrun
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Bert Driehuis <driehuis@playbeing.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/23/1996 11:23:50
>This is a generic problem with the deqna. The receive buffer ring
>gets filled up so some packets get lost. I gets these messages
>frequently when having medium-loaded systems with NFS, but never
>when using a delqa card. It doesn't hurt to get them but you can try
>to increase the receive buffer pool in if_qe.c. I don't have any
>programming manuals for deqna so I don't know how much it can be
>det to.

The DEQNA we had in our 3500 (way back, when the 3500 still had the old
style boot PROM) was replaced by a DELQA. The reason was that the DEQNA had
such known deficiencies that Digital recommended not to use them.

Don't remember the details, though...

                                        -- Bert

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Bert Driehuis                 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things
driehuis@playbeing.org        I can't change, courage to change the things I
                              can, and the wisdom to know the difference.