Re: [netatalk-admins] eth0: Setting Rx mode...?


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] eth0: Setting Rx mode...?
From: chuck+na@Yerkes.com
Date: Sun Jul 06 1997 - 14:33:26 EDT


This is part of why it's free.
You've got the source for both Linux and Netatalk...

Look for it (or better, give a student credit for doing so).

chuck

It is claimed, but unverified, that Jon Nelson wrote:
>
> Responding to the message of Sat, 5 Jul 1997 13:14:35 +0200 (MEST)
> from Georg Schwarz <schwarz@physik.tu-berlin.de>:
> >
> > when I startup atalkd on Linuux 2.0.29 I get the following messages:
> >
> > Jul 5 12:57:40 poseidon atalkd[100]: restart (1.4b2+asun2.0a10)
> > Jul 5 12:57:41 poseidon kernel: eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
> > Jul 5 12:57:41 poseidon kernel: eth0: Setting Rx mode to 2 addresses.
> > Jul 5 12:57:41 poseidon atalkd[100]: zip_getnetinfo for eth0
> > Jul 5 12:58:00 poseidon last message repeated 2 times
> > Jul 5 12:58:10 poseidon atalkd[100]: config for no router
> > Jul 5 12:58:11 poseidon atalkd[100]: ready 0/0/0
> >
> > Do the kernel messages indicate any error, or is it the normal interface
> > configuration procedure?
> > Thanks.
> > As far as I can tell everything seems to run fine.
>
> I've been experiencing the same thing, but with Rx mode going up to 3
> addresses. The card is a 3com 3c509 on a Pentium 200, Linux kernel 2.0.29.
> Thus far, I haven't had any trouble, although it's only been up for two
> days.
>
> I *would*, however, like an answer to this, even if that answer is "don't
> worry about it --- it's benign!"
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon Nelson
> nels0988@tc.umn.edu
> U of MN Housing and Res Life Computing Supervisor



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