Piotr Jasiukajtis wrote:
> At this moment I can say only that it works with linux and vista on the
> same
> cable/machine/NIC/switch. I will do some tests tomorrow.
>
So, "working" can be objective. It *appears* (from the kstats) that the
device is functional, and only *some* frames are getting marked with
fcs_errors. If other OS' don't report this problem, you might simply be
ignorant of it.
-- Garrett
> Dnia 02-03-2008, N o godzinie 11:02 -0800, Garrett D'Amore pisze:
>
>> The frame checksum error count looks a little high to me. Its not
>> "critically" bad, but you might want to double check your connections
>> and your gear. Its a sign that packets are being corrupted -- usually
>> in-flight, but it could also be occurring elsewhere. With some NICs,
>> certain bugs can trigger fcs_errors -- I'm not sure this is the case
>> here or not.
>>
>> The other, probably more obvious thing, to check, is to make sure that
>> both sides are in agreement about the link duplex. In certain
>> situations, a misconfigured link duplex setting can cause fcs errors.
>> (Although, I *think* I would expect to see them at the peer, rather than
>> here, since this NIC appears to be configured for full duplex. But I
>> wouldn't rule out bugs where the driver *thinks* the hardware is full
>> duplex, but the hardware is really running in half-duplex. Maybe
>> Masa-san can check into that.)
>>
>> -- Garrett
>>
>>
>
>
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