Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:13:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:13:30 -0500 Received: from vasquez.zip.com.au ([203.12.97.41]:19215 "EHLO vasquez.zip.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:13:20 -0500 Message-ID: <3BF991D3.A5220A36@zip.com.au> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:12:19 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.14-pre8 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk CC: Mailing List - Linux Kernel Subject: Re: 3Com 3c905c invalid checksum? In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alex Buell wrote: > > The network card in the docking station I plug my Inspirion 8100 in, is a > 3Com 3c905C Tornado but apparently at boot time when it is identified, it > prints "***INVALID CHECKSUM 00e0**. I can't ping other boxes on the > network, nor can I ping other boxes from the laptop. I've double checked > and triple checked, and the configuration is indeed correct. > > What does the error message INVALID CHECKSUM means? > It means that 3com keep on changing the EEPROM checksum algorithm and nobody has got around to reverse engineering it on the 905C. It's harmless. Usual routine: check the routing, check the counters in `ifconfig'. If it's really a driver problem, please send me a description as per the final section of Documentation/networking/vortex.txt - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/