nvenet kernel messages

[afbbsuid]

I've gotten a couple of strange "kernel messages" today related to the nv(e?)net module. One happened right after I sent an e-mail, the second after I had clicked "preview" in a forum BBS board [in fact, I think it was this one... yup, when I was posting about a missing DRI library message]

Here are the lines in question [from /var/log/messages]:

Nov  9 00:51:01 BeastBoy kernel: nvenet_xmit - skb->len  > priv->max_frame_size
Nov  9 08:01:13 BeastBoy kernel: nvenet_xmit - skb->len  > priv->max_frame_size

Is there anything I need to worry about because of this?

[nmcsween]

yes since nvnet isn't supported by nvidia you should change to the forcedeth driver. Nvidia contributed to it and are helping maintain it.

[AxlF]

I find that odd given that the Nvidia site promotes the nvnet driver and the forcedeth driver does not seem to work with the on board LAN.

I am using an Asus A8N5X motherboard with the Nvidia chipset with Debian Linux (kernel 2.6.8-2) and forcedeth is a no go. The nvnet driver works, but keeps posting the error to syslog.

localhost kernel: nvenet_xmit - skb->len > priv->max_frame_size

I may need to just get an external card.

[netllama]

This message is a known nvnet bug:
nvenet_xmit - skb->len > priv->max_frame_size

The latest forcedeth (version 0.49 or later) fully supports all hardware on the market.

Thanks,
Lonni