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To: ge R bekk <aagero@aage.aage.priv.no>
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Subject: Re: network driver halts on heavy network io 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 11 Dec 95 01:25:52 +0100."
             <199512110025.BAA00347@birk04.studby.uio.no> 
From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 18:07:06 -0800
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>i have encountered a problem with the network driver in freebsd, it
>might be a interface card problem or a general problem in the
>networking code, haven't tested on any other cards than ep0, 3c509.
...
>or is this a known problem with the 3c509 card?  doesn't handle high
>speed i/o too well, they say.
>
>I'm running -CURRENT, btw :)

   How "current" is your 'current'? Yes, the 3c509 driver is full of bugs.
This particular one appears to be caused by the driver losing an output
interrupt.

-DG