kern/72296: [bfe] bfe0: discard oversize frame (ether type 5e0 flags 3 len 1518 > max 1514)

[Ruben van Staveren]

The following reply was made to PR kern/72296; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ruben van Staveren <ruben at verweg.com>
To: Bruce Cran <bruce at cran.org.uk>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/72296: [bfe] bfe0: discard oversize frame (ether type 5e0
 flags 3 len 1518 > max 1514)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:26:44 +0200

 Bruce Cran wrote:
 > There have been many fixes made to the if_bfe driver since 5.3-BETA when 
 > it was still relatively new - are you still seeing these errors with a 
 > newer release?
 
 I think I didn't see them anymore when I moved to RELENG_6 a couple of 
 years ago, and didn't see them in RELENG_7 either. The driver has 
 matured in that timespan.
 
 > 
 > The frame discard errors can be caused by a duplex mismatch.  If you're 
 > still seeing this error, could you check the duplex settings between the 
 > bfe0 interface and the switch?
 > 
 
 Regards,
 	Ruben van Staveren