Re: 'Happy Meal' in /var/log/messages

> Hi all,
>
> 	I have a Linux red hat 7.2. as a router, with kernel 2.4.9-34enterprise
> and
> Sun Quad Fast Ethernet network card. It's intel plattform
>
> Since last week, the network hangs up for a while, and immediately
> appears the folowing message in /var/log/messages:
>
> "kernel: eth3: Happy Meal out of receive descriptors, packet dropped."
>
> Does anybody know what's happening?, And how to solve it?

It's a bug in the sun NIC. Replace the NIC with a different model that has
better linux support. There's been lots of problems similar to yours
reported with this card.

Always do a google on a problem before addressing the list. Chnaces are
you'll find an answer or at least a hint there.

And when you get a minute, read this:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

HTH
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Keith Mastin
BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc.
Toronto, Canada
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