> I just installed 2.1.71 (including the nfs dir.c patch posted by Bill
> Hawes) on a machine with an adaptec 2940, and two de500 cards. This
> machine is a web server which does some heavy nfs work.
>
> The first pecularity is in the ethernet cards. They've apparently decided
> that all outbound traffic is errors (though functionally they're working
> just fine):
Please update your net-tools. In 2.1 there were byte counters added
to /proc/net/dev, and older versions of ifconfig can't parse them
correctly. It is always a good idea to check Documentation/Changes
before sending in a bug report..
-Andi