Re: tlug: Something wicked happend!

[simon@example.com (Simon Cozens)]

Uva Coder (lists.tlug):
> eth0: Something Wicked Happened! 2008
>  
>Has anyone seen this error message before? And what
>does the 2008 portion of the message mean? Hmmm.

Use the source, Luke!

linux/drivers/via-rhine.c, in a function called via_rhine_error:
    if ((intr_status & ~( IntrLinkChange | IntrStatsMax |
                          IntrTxAbort | IntrTxAborted)) && debug > 1) {
        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Something Wicked happened! %4.4x.\n",
               dev->name, intr_status);
        /* Recovery for other fault sources not known. */
        writew(CmdTxDemand | np->chip_cmd, dev->base_addr + ChipCmd);
    }

Your hardware is producing an error. It's not any of the error conditions 
that the kernel recognises. Probably something funky with your board.

If you're loading the driver as a module, you can set debug=0 as a parameter
to remove this.

-- 
Don't get suckered in by the comments -- they can be terribly misleading.
Debug only code.
		-- Dave Storer
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