Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> Simon Peter wrote:
> 
>>Hi there!
>>
>>Since i plugged the DSL-Modem directly to my onboard nForce2 network
>>card (it's a Shuttle AN35-400 Mobo), i constantly get the following
>>messages in my syslog:
>>
>>Apr 29 14:15:02 server kernel: eth0: received irq with unknown events
>>0x1. Please report
>>Apr 29 14:15:33 server last message repeated 28 times
>>Apr 29 14:15:55 server last message repeated 23 times
>>
>>The message seems to be displaying more frequently the more traffic is
>>on the link.
> 
> 
> This 0x1 event is a receive error. It seems only users with cable modems
> have this problem. I've got no idea why it happens with cable modems and
> nothing else, but it could indeed be crappy hardware on the modem side.
> 
> What we don't know yet is if the receive error is hard or soft. Soft
> errors generally can be recovered from, so it would be a shame throwing
> the packets away.
> 
> 
>>Formerly, the nForce2 board was connected to a 100mbps switch to my LAN
>>and i didn't get any of these messages.
> 
> 
> Your switch didn't let the malformed/incorrect packets through, so you
> computer didn't see them.
> 
> 
> 
>>If you need any more info to get this fixed, just reply!
> 
> 
> Could you please try the attached patch (will create LOTS of debug
> messages) for a few minutes and mail the relevant part of your
> /var/log/messages to me privately (it will be >100 kB, so I don't want to
> burden the list with it).

This time with a patch that actually should apply. (for both 2.4 and 2.6)
The previous patch was obsolete since some functions were renamed for
better backtraces.

Thanks,
Carl-Daniel
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