ehrlich@shire.cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) (03/01/90)
We just upgraded a Sun 4/260 to a Sun 4/360 and have started seeing the following in our system log. The system seems to recover from this, but we were wondering if anyone could shed some light on why it was happening and if there was anything that could be done about it. Mar 1 09:02:32 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped Mar 1 09:02:32 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> Mar 1 09:02:34 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped Mar 1 09:02:34 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> Mar 1 09:02:37 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped Mar 1 09:02:37 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> Mar 1 09:02:54 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped Mar 1 09:02:54 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> Mar 1 09:03:08 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped Mar 1 09:03:08 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> This machine also has a second ethernet board installed. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu> Voice: +1 814 863 1142 FAX: +1 814 865 3176
mikulska@ucsd.edu (Margaret Mikulska) (03/03/90)
In article <5406@brazos.Rice.edu> ehrlich@shire.cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 66, message 4 > >We just upgraded a Sun 4/260 to a Sun 4/360 and have started seeing the >following in our system log. The system seems to recover from this, but >we were wondering if anyone could shed some light on why it was happening >and if there was anything that could be done about it. > >Mar 1 09:02:32 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped >Mar 1 09:02:32 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> This is a known bug (one of many) in the Lance ethernet chip. This particular bug results from transmit memory underflow. Bug ID: 1029247, 1019513, 1029316. A patch is available from Sun; it's a replacement for the kernel module "if_le.o", for sun3x, sun4 and sun4c architectures, for SunOS 4.0.3. Supposedly, this bug is fairly harmless (doesn't crash the system) and affects mainly performance. Margaret Mikulska University of California, San Diego Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering mikulska@ece.ucsd.edu
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (03/13/90)
In article <5427@brazos.Rice.edu> ece!mikulska@ucsd.edu (Margaret Mikulska) writes: |>We just upgraded a Sun 4/260 to a Sun 4/360 and have started seeing the |>following in our system log: |> |>Mar 1 09:02:32 shire vmunix: le0: Transmission stopped |>Mar 1 09:02:32 shire vmunix: le0: csr: 2e3<TINT,INTR,INEA,RXON,STRT,INIT,> | |This is a known bug (one of many) in the Lance ethernet chip. This |particular bug results from transmit memory underflow. Bug ID: 1029247, |1019513, 1029316. A patch is available from Sun; it's a replacement for |the kernel module "if_le.o", for sun3x, sun4 and sun4c architectures, for |SunOS 4.0.3. The patch is #100031-01. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254