Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:03:16 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Computer disappears from the network, then reappears...? Message-ID: <199606110003.RAA18418@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:25:04 MDT." <199606100625.AAA11065@terra.aros.net>
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>Lo and behold, David Greenman once said: > >> There aren't any known bugs in the driver, but the 82557 chip (the NIC) has >> a bug that causes it to "go away" when it sees any garbage data. There is a >> "work around" that basically amounts to resetting the chip if you don't see >> any traffic in <n> seconds. I think this is pretty disgusting, however, so I >> didn't implement it. The newer revision chips are supposed to have this >> problem fixed. > > Too much fun. :) Will downing the interface and bringing it back up >reset the chip properly, Yes. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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