discarded oversize frames

[Chris]

I hope your issue is solved I get the same on a rl0 and have had no response.


On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:00:34 -0500, Jonathan Pater <pater at slashdot.org> wrote:
> I installed 5.3-STABLE a couple weeks back onto what is to become an
> office mail server, and after cvsupping to RELENG_5, I began to notice
> the following in dmesg:
> 
> vr0: discard oversize frame (ether type 800 flags 3 len 1515 > max 1514)
> 
> It happens several times after booting, and then about once a minute
> after that. At first I suspected the network card itself, so I added an
> eepro100 that's always worked fine for me, and then got:
> 
> fxp0: discard oversize frame (ether type 800 flags 3 len 1515 > max
> 1514)
> 
> after I had rebooted. Yesterday I cvsupped again (to 5.4-PRERELEASE) and
> the warnings still persisted. It doesn't noticeably impact stability or
> performance, but it does fill up dmesg rather quickly, and makes the
> nightly status emails rather large. Is this something I should be
> worried about, or is it indicative of something else faulty in the local
> network setup?
> 
> I've attached output from dmesg and pciconf, the kernel config is
> GENERIC. Please forgive the "eth0" device name, as I have to migrate
> several Linux users and it's easier for me to change the interface name
> than peruse everyone's homedirs and update their scripts. :)
> 
> best,
> 
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