debug

[Nicholas Edwards]

ok, make sure you have a crossover patch cable, not a straight thru. Make
sure its CAT 5, and when you load the tulip.o module in linux, specify
options=14

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Bevo wrote:

> hello, I have to NetGear FA310TX cards connected with patch cable between
> my two pentium pros.  I have one running linux and the other runs win98
> and linux. But when ever I turn off my win98 box, I get these kernel
> messages in my linux box:
> 
> Oct  5 00:53:38 Arenal kernel: eth1: No link beat on the MII interface,
> status then 7809 now 7809.
> Oct  5 00:54:38 Arenal kernel: eth1: No link beat on the MII interface,
> status then 7809 now 7809.
> Oct  5 00:55:38 Arenal kernel: eth1: No link beat on the MII interface,
> status then 7809 now 7809.
> Oct  5 00:56:38 Arenal kernel: eth1: No link beat on the MII interface,
> status then 7809 now 7809.
> 
> that repeats every minute in my /var/log/message file.  I tried turning
> the debug option off by loading it up as a module.  Nothing I have tried
> will keep those messages from filling that file.  Is their a way to keep
> the kernel or whatever produces those messages to keep it from posting
> those type of messages.  I am using the tulip.c file that is packaged with
> the 2.0.35 kernel
> 
> 
> 				Arie
>