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DEC - Ethernet Controller Tests
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DEC Error Messages
The DEC test group error messages generally take the following form:
DEC CLOAD: Continuous Load:..........Running ---> FAILED
DEC/CLOAD Test Failure Data:
Ethernet packet data mismatch:
Iter:
nnnn Element: nnn Value sent: xxxx Value returned: xxxx
The first line of the test failure data identifies what type of failure occurred.
The following line provides additional information about the failure.
Table 3-4. DEC Error Messages
Error Message Symptom or Cause
Initialization Error: Init.Block Address
mismatch
Init. Block address given to
controller was not properly
stored after initialization.
Initialization Error: Transmit Ring Size
mismatch
Controller did not properly
detect Transmit Descriptor
Ring size after initialization.
Initialization Error: Receive Ring Size mismatch
Controller did not properly
detect Receive Descriptor
Ring size after initialization.
Initialization Error: Logical Ethernet Address
Filter, byte
N mismatch
Controller not properly
storing Nth byte of the
Logical Ethernet filter
address after initialization.
Initialization Error: Physical Ethernet Address,
byte
N mismatch
Controller not properly
storing Nth byte of the
Physical Ethernet Address
after initialization.
Initialization Error: Mode Register mismatch
Controller not properly
storing the operating mode
register after initialization.
Initialization Error: Receive Descriptor Ring
address mismatch
Controller not properly
storing the address of the
Receive Descriptor ring after
initialization.