From: Derek.Bischoff%f1.n3641.z1@psybbs.durham.nc.us (Derek Bischoff) Subject: Re: eth0: Receiver overrun Date: 3 Sep 1993 16:54:01 GMT
SB> Maybe this is a FAQ, but the problem is very serious and I couldn't
SB> find any help. I've 2 machines running Linux (386/25 8MB, 486/33 16MB).
SB> Both of them upgraded to SLS 1.03 with 0.99pl12 kernel. The ethernet
SB> cards are an old 8003 8-bit WD card and an Elite 16. Directly after
SB> rebooting the messages: eth0: Receiver overrun
SB> or
SB> eth0: Couldn't allocate a sk_buf of size 282
SB> occurs on both machines. What can I do to fix this?
SB> I tried different settings for the ther cards but nothing changed :(
Look for a README file that describes eth_if (I am away
from my Linux box, so I can't do it for you)
I recall that I had to change eth_0 to eth_if in one or more of the
files to get my 3c503 card to work. If I didn't I had the same
results you have now.
... Sincerely, Derek