Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:07:16 +0100 | From | Troels Arvin <> | Subject | Re: Problems with 3C905 and Linux |
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At 22:42 22-10-97 +0100, I wrote: >Now, this Monday, when the University's network started getting busy, the >Linux box quickly went down. No messages in the message log, no console >messages; just a freezed Linux box. CTRL-ScrollLock and SHIFT-ScrollLock >worked, but I didn't have time to write down the info - I quickly >re-installed the old 10mbit NE2000 card and the server went back online >without further problems. > >The driver-version of the 3c59x.c file in kernel 2.0.31 is "0.44 9/9/97". >On http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html I saw that there >is now a version "0.46C 10/14/97". > >Has anyone tried version 0.46C with a 3C Boomerang card running 100 mbit?
I have now tried version 0.46C of 3c59x.c (dated 10/14/97) - without luck. The server freezed in the same manner after about 20 minutes. No obvious specific action trigged the freeze.
:-(
Summary: Server freezes with clean kernel 2.0.31 (and - I have now discovered - also with an updated version of 3c59x.c). Network support compiled staticly into kernel; no support for other network devices. Network card: 3Com Fast EtherLink XL PCI (alias Boomerang) (3C905-TX rev. B) running at 100Mbit. Computer: Pentium, HX-motherboard, 32MB RAM.
Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark http://www.mdb.ku.dk/tarvin/
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