Can't say I know exactly what it means (internally to the kernel/driver) but we ALWAYS get this message when the Ethernet cable is disconnected. I would suspect physical connections: check your cable,hub, etc. In our experience, it seems to indicate that the Ethernet driver is incapable of completing transmit operations.
-Chris Hallinan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org]On Behalf Of Mark S. Mathews Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 1:03 AM To: Cal Erickson Cc: Navin Boppuri; linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Neighbour Table Overflow on NFS Server I may be completely off-base here, but I seem to recall getting some of these a long time ago. At the time I think it was cause by a lack of a loopback device and routes. -Mark On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Cal Erickson wrote: > > Navin, > The message "neighbour table overflow" is the result of some > changes to the IP stack software in Linux version 2.2.x +. This > simply means that you are unable to connect to your NFS > server. It may be related to the driver, but it may also be > related to other issues, such as NFS server not running or > incorrectly installed, no physical connectivity to NFS server, > etc. Check the configuration of your NFS server and IP > network before diving into the driver. > > Cal Erickson > > Navin Boppuri wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have been debugging my custom 823 board. I have an NFS Server setup on > > which my kernel on the board mounts. I have using this server without any > > problems for more than a month. All of the sudden, my NFS Server complains > > of "Neighbour Table overflow" . The NFS Server was not modified, nor > > restarted. The error also says that the Server returned error -5. Can > > someone suggest any remedy for this problem? > > > > Sincerely, > > Navin Boppuri > > > > -- > ============================================================ =============== > Cal Erickson MontaVista Software Inc. > Linux Consultant 1237 E. Arques Ave. > Phone (408) 328-0304 Sunnyvale CA 94085 > Fax (408) 328-9204 web http://www.mvista.com > ============================================================ =============== > > > Mark S. Mathews AbsoluteValue Systems Web: http://www.linux-wlan.com P.O. Box 941149 e-mail: mark at linux-wlan.com Maitland, FL 32794-1149 Phone: 407.644.8582 USA Fax: 407.539.1294 ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
