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SubjectRe: bug in tulip_rx? patch
Wolfgang Walter wrote:
>Since we use 2.2.14pre4 instead of 2.0.38 we observe random hangs of the
>network interface which is a tulip card.

> Transmit started, Receive started, half-duplex.
> The Rx process state is 'Suspended -- no Rx buffers'.
> The Tx process state is 'Idle'.

>The driver does not recover from this state.

I can confirm this. I've experienced this bug on some cards and some machines
for ages now (at least for the past three years, I guess).
When it first became a problem I didn't have the tulip-diag program.
So I put in a very crude workaround which periodically checks for this
condition and empties all receive buffers.
--
Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).

Are they twins? Yes. Are they *both* yours?

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