[ECOS] eth_recv out of MBUFs

[Jonathan Larmour]

Christoph Csebits wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> i am working on a FCC driver for the MPC8260ADS.
> (FCC driver is based on the Viper FEC driver)
> cvs-version 02-Oct-2001
> 
> i am getting "warning: eth_recv out of MBUFs" messages
> after while running the tcp_echo - "test suite".
> sending only 100 packets instead of 1024 works fine.
> 
> What does this message mean, where should i
> start in my driver code.

It probably means the mbufs your driver uses for received data aren't
getting freed after use. Perhaps it isn't getting read fast enough or you
need to increase CYGPKG_NET_MEM_USAGE if you are hammering it really hard.
It may not indicate a problem.

Alternatively if the buffers stay allocated even after you've stopped
hammering it, then that _would_ be a problem :-).

Jifl
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