Re: My problem continues with DFE-580TX NIC

[sweetleaf <sweetleaf@fusemail.com>]

Have 4 myself and am having that same problem. I tried all the patches 
too without much luck. I know they run fine on linux as a friend has 2 
in redhat i think so maybe the driver in linux could have some 
info...imho i am not a programmer just a thought.

Carlos L.M. wrote:

>Hi all,
>
> Two weeks ago I have posted a question about quad
>ethernet NICs. Finally, we have bought D-Link
>DFE-580TX nic and my problems began.
>
>a) I have patched the kernel with the following patch
>as somebody said me:
>
>http://citadelle.intrinsec.com/mailing/current/HTML/ml_openbsd-bugs/2641.html.
>
>but this patch fails (i´ll try to do manually later
>but I can´t compile the kernel with this patch
>applied).
>
>b) In /var/log/dmesg continuously appears messages
>like this: 
>
>ste1: transmission error: 90
>ste1: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 60
>bytes
>ste1: transmission error: 90
>ste1: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to
>120 bytes
>ste0: transmission error: 90
>ste0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to
>240 bytes
>ste1: transmission error: 90
>ste1: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to
>180 bytes
>
>I lost packets like Neal says some weeks ago. (This
>OpenBSD is on production environment).
>
>Can I solve this problem (or is not possible)??? Can I
>reduce the lost of packages ????
>
>Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english.
>
>
>
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