What are the "eth1: Error -5 writing packet to BAP" error's in th e Orinoco 0.11b when under load?

[David Gibson]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 03:16:53PM -0400, Michael O'Cleirigh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have the following network configuration in my test network:
> 
> 0----------[router A] ------ wireless link -------[router B] ----------0
> |							|	
> 10.10.1.1	       				      10.10.2.1
> 
> On both routers I am running Bering RC3 (http://leaf.sourceforge.net) which
> is based on an older version of Debian. It runs the 2.4.18 kernel and is
> modified to use glibc-2.2.5.  
> 
> The wireless link is secured with WEP and FreeS/WAN 1.97.
> 
> I compiled and installed the pcmcia-cs-3.1.34 package which comes with the
> 0.11b version of the orinoco drivers.
> 
> When the two routers are up and I ftp a large file (600MB) from 10.10.2.1 to
> 10.10.1.1 on router A I see thousands of messages that look like "eth1:
> Error -5 writing packet to BAP" on the console as well as in the logs.  
> 
> The wireless cards are both Orinoco Gold cards in a PCMCIA-to-ISA bridge.
> 
> The file seems arrives correctly but I'm wondering what this message means?

It means there was an error reported by the firmware as we attempted
to write a packet into the card's memory ready for transmission.

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