Subject: Re: "dribbling bit"
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/20/2003 18:12:02
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Michael Richardson wrote:

>   Okay, found the datasheet... dribbling bit means that I'm getting
> non-integer number of bytes. Cables do not usually go bad suddendly. I wonder
> if something else moved too close. Any advice welcome.

	I'm seeing similar and more on a 100base hub whenever traffic is high:
	tlp0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2

	    tlp0: receive error: dribbling bit
	    tlp0: receive error: CRC error
	    tlp0: receive ring overrun
	    tlp0: receive error: dribbling bit
	    tlp0: receive error: CRC error
	    tlp0: receive ring overrun
	    tlp0: receive ring overrun
	    tlp0: receive error: dribbling bit
	    tlp0: receive error: CRC error
	    tlp0: receive error: MII error



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