Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: SMC EtherPower II, System Reboot in 100Mbps, FULL_DUPLEX, 2.2.0-pre9 | From | Havard Bell <> | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:21:11 +0900 |
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Hi,
From: Adam Scislowicz <core@triron.net.naoe.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:56:43 -0500
> If you missed the 2.2.0-pre6 post, here is an update. :/ I compiled > 2.2.0-pre9 and epic100.o again as a module, upon booting I ran scp as a > non-root user, and proceeded to copy a very large file from one machine to > another... After 470MB the sending machine rebooted... So the problem remains, > I have not found the source, but I am looking at the cards low-power mode, and > if thats not it I guess I will need to inspect the last packet sent to the > receiving machine to see if there is ANY clue there... > > can anyone else run a similar test to verify this problem. Send at least one GB > before being sure it works, as mine did not fail until after 470MB, which > didnt take all that long really...
I encounter some of the similar problems. With the same card, running the 2.2.0 kernel, I use tar to backup alot of files from nfs mounted disks to a SCSI mounted DAT. The disks belong to various OS's.
However, I do not experience any rebooting, all systems remain normal, except my own. After some time (seems to vary, perhaps around 40 minutes), my network dies. I can't reach anything. If I restart the network interface configuration (on Red Hat 5.1: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart) and ypbind, everything is back to normal, and tar continues as if nothing happened.
I ran this backup procedure twice today (it takes about 4 hours), and the same thing happend. The second time, I used cron to run a script every minute, that checks if the network is down, if it is, restart network interface configuration and ypbind. Allthough ugly, the backup procedure finished succesfully, with about 4-8 network "downs".
From a previous post, it seems that this may be caused by the SMC card itself. Anyone with more information on this?
Kind regards,
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