Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 10 Dec 1996 03:24:16 +0000 (GMT) | From | Chris Evans <> | Subject | Re: 3c590 |
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On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, sheldon newhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Chris Evans wrote: > > > > Is anyone looking into the broken 3c590 ethernet card driver? It seems > > people on v0.25 and the alleged latest v0.28c-all, get random hangs after > > various periods of time. > I am running a P5-133 with a 3c590, and an ne2000 clone, v, 2.0.25. No > problems at all. > > This kernel boot has been up for 21 days.
I'm sure it has. Over the Summer, our server lasted a whole 60 days before it stopped talking to the net... other times it has lasted as little as 10 days. Note that the condition is not fatal (not a crash). The network can be recovered without reboot with ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth0 up etc.
Chris.
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