Using Genesis board, I get harmless error reports. Rather than console error, turn it into a error counter.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: skge-netdev/drivers/net/skge.c =================================================================== --- skge-netdev.orig/drivers/net/skge.c +++ skge-netdev/drivers/net/skge.c @@ -2633,11 +2633,17 @@ static inline void skge_tx_intr(struct n spin_unlock(&skge->tx_lock); } +/* Parity errors seem to happen when Genesis is connected to a switch + * with no other ports present. Heartbeat error?? + */ static void skge_mac_parity(struct skge_hw *hw, int port) { - printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: mac data parity error\n", - hw->dev[port] ? hw->dev[port]->name - : (port == 0 ? "(port A)": "(port B")); + struct net_device *dev = hw->dev[port]; + + if (dev) { + struct skge_port *skge = netdev_priv(dev); + ++skge->net_stats.tx_heartbeat_errors; + } if (hw->chip_id == CHIP_ID_GENESIS) skge_write16(hw, SK_REG(port, TX_MFF_CTRL1), -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html