Re: xl driver messages

[Chris Cappuccio <chris@dqc.org>]

This happens because you are using a custom kernel

Before you report errors, try GENERIC

You will find that xl has been converted to use mii drivers,

and so you need exphy* at mii ? phy ?

in your config


On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Ian Darwin wrote:

 | I have a few machines with xl (3c905) boards. Partial dmesg from one
 | such system:
 | 
 | xl0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "3Com 3c905 100Base-TX" rev 0x00: irq 9 address 00:60:97:9
 | 3:5f:29
 | OUI 0x080017 model 0x0000 rev 1 at xl0 phy 24 not configured
 | xl1 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "3Com 3c905 100Base-TX" rev 0x00: irq 10 address 00:60:97:
 | 58:45:1b
 | OUI 0x080017 model 0x0000 rev 0 at xl1 phy 24 not configured
 | 
 | Whenever I boot up and start up networking, I get this two-line message, once per
 | board:
 | 
 | xl0: transmission error: 90
 | xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 120
 | xl1: transmission error: 90
 | xl1: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 120
 | 
 | THE BOARDS WORK FINE, but the message is a puzzler - it looks like an error,
 | yet it seems to work fine anyway.
 | 
 | If this will always come up, is there a way to change the initial threshold
 | value to 120, either via sysctl or via ifconfig?
 | 
 | If most people with xl0's will see this message, would it make sense to change
 | the code?  Or did I somehow get some older xl0's?
 | 
 | TIA
 | Ian
 | 

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