Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:04:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: EP driver still habgs after 4,0 upgrade Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004181503520.50194-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <200004181309.GAA06568@netcom.com>
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I've got an idea where this might be happening. I'll see what I can come up with. On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Stan Brown wrote: > Hi, I posted about amonth back about a Vectra 486/33 that I am setting > up as a gateway box between 2 networks. I am using 2 3C509 cards. At > the timne I could reliably hange up the networks by simply running an > Amanda backup accros them, > > This of coures results in a steady high bandwitdth transfer. > > At teh time I was using 3.4 STABLE. It was sugested that I upgarde to > 4.0 STABLE because it had a significantly improved ep driver. > > I did ths, with some help from this list n the chages in configuring > the ep driver under 4.0 (thanks). > > Well the good news is, it's better. The bad nes is it is till possible > to get it to hang :-( It hangs in the OACTIVE state, if that's > helpfule, and just doing an ifconfgi dow, folowed by an ifconfig up on > the hung card wull cause it start working again for a while. It's > alwasy during one of these big Amanda trabsfers that it hangs. > > Both cards are using 10BASEt caeing, and I have swaped computers, and > both cards at this point in time. In addition I have set up an > identical computer using NE2000 clones (D Link), and put it in the same > service. I has never hung up. > > I geuss I could buy 2 more NE2000 clones, but I have a ton of these > 3C509's from work where they are converting to 100MHZ. > > Cany anyone sugest any way to help debug this problem. I would be happy > to do anything that will help in getting this fixed. > > Thanks. > > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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