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From: michael butler <imb@asstdc.com.au>
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Subject: Re: 3c589b troubles
To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 04:54:11 +1000 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199608061839.MAA28410@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Aug 6, 96 12:39:27 pm"
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> But was fixed with this commit, made on the 7th.
 
> revision 1.52
> date: 1996/07/27 12:40:31;  author: amurai;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
> Under the heavy load for transmiting condition, it will be write error
> and then never accept for sending packet from upper layer anymore
 
> So, try getting your sources again and it should be fixed.

Nope .. the version I'm running (presuming we are talking about
/sys/i386/isa/if_ep.c) ..

 *  $Id: if_ep.c,v 1.52 1996/07/27 12:40:31 amurai Exp $

I should add that the failures are only observed under heavy _receive_
conditions or when promiscuous mode is enabled on a reasonably busy ether.
It restarts OK as soon as you drop out of trafshow. Transmit is OK as far as
I can test,

	michael