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Date:      Tue, 2 Sep 1997 16:01:47 -0500
From:      Karl Denninger  <karl@Mcs.Net>
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        Antti-Pekka Liedes <apl@mail.cs.hut.fi>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: serious instability with -current kernel
Message-ID:  <19970902160147.02389@Jupiter.Mcs.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199709022031.OAA00894@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>; from Steve Passe on Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 02:31:01PM -0600
References:  <19970902230144.44442@hutcs.cs.hut.fi> <199709022031.OAA00894@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>

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On Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 02:31:01PM -0600, Steve Passe wrote:
> Hi,
> > 
> > I'm running FreeBSD-current on my Tyan Tomcat IIID dual pentium box, and
> > I've lately had serious instability problems.  The latest working kernel I
> > have was build on Aug 11th, all kernels after that crash randomly after
> > about 2 minutes of use.  There's no error message or anything, just plain
> > reboot.
> 
> I presume this is an SMP kernel?
> 
> ---
> >  The problem might be network related, it hasn't crashed if I
> > haven't had any network connections yet.  The Aug 11th kernel works fine.
> > I made world from fresh sources today.
> > 
> > Other hardware includes AHA-3940U, Matrox Millennium, and SMC EtherPower
> > 10/100.
> 
> is this using the de driver?  I think others have reported problems with
> it recently.  Any chance of using another network card/driver?
> 
> 
> --
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> 

I am running a very recent -CURRENT kernel on several NON-SMP boxes and are
not seeing problems.

And I'm using the de driver.

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