Re: Help about an 3c509 on redhat 7.3

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 [email protected] wrote:

> I use kernel 2.4.18-3 from redhat 7.3 with a 3com etherlink III isa 3C509
> on an Isa port. When I load the module (1.18c 03/01/02) into the system
> and do a service network start, I can see this in the log file: 
> 
> mter sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
> mter sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
> mter sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
> mter sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
> mter network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
> mter network: Bringing up loopback interface:  succeeded
> mter kernel: eth0: Setting 3c5x9/3c5x9B half-duplex mode if_port: 0, sw_info: 
> 1310
> mter kernel: eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.

That message was changed to a higher debug level in my releases, but I
don't control (or have influence on) the code in the kernel.

The message itself only indicates that you have joined a multicast list,
not that anything has gone wrong.

> I am confused with the message "Rx mode to 1 addresses". Could you 
> tell me how to solve this problem and is it possible to change the
> values of the parameters (net.ipv4.ip_forward , kernel.sysrq...)

Those messages are from a start-up script that is writing configuration
values into the kernel e.g.
  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward 


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