Messages in this thread | | | From | Stephane Bortzmeyer <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0.31 - the Saga Continues... | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 97 12:39:23 +0200 |
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On Friday 15 August 97, at 11 h 45, the keyboard of Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net> wrote:
> > after a brief time (anywhere from a few hours to one minute) it gets > > infinite loop in interupt messages and doesn't see the net anymore... > > sometimes ifdown, and theen back up will reset it, sometimes a cold > > boot is required... > > Was the system transfering lots of data when the card locked up? If so, > this may not be a new problem. Several people have seen similar problems > with the 3c509 driver for at least serveral kernel versions. Ususally it > only affects 486's though.
No, Pentium hit the bug, too, at least for the Boomerang cards.
The only solution seems to be the UNOFFICIAL 0.42x driver (currently, x = o):
http://www.desy.de:8888/~sieversm/boomerang.html
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