what does this mean

Robbert Muller (mjrider@Cam031312.student.utwente.nl)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:44:54 +0200 (CEST)


hello folks,

this message i got on my computer:

Aug 31 16:24:15 mjrider kernel: eth0: Too much work in interrupt, status
e081.
Temporarily disabling functions (7f7e).

after that there's no responce in any way from the system ( tried
ctrl-alt-del , num-lock caps-lock and scroll-lock )

system what doing nothing at the moment except reading mail and running
rc5des

[eth0]

eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xe000, 00:10:5a:64:e9:78, IRQ 12
8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, Autonegotiate interface.
MII transceiver found at address 24, status 786d.
MII transceiver found at address 0, status 786d.
Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:64:E9:78
inet addr:130.89.224.172 Bcast:130.89.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:22922 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:371 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:12 Base address:0xe000

except for mail i was not using the connection to internet

could somebody tell me what this could mean

thanks

PS sorry for the bad english

-- 

Robbert Muller

mjrider@writeme dot com | Never let a luser on your console. uin: 9659330 | Because that means they're in your room.

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