From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:25:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:25:14 -0400 Received: from mail5.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.193.20]:28992 "EHLO mail5.svr.pol.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:25:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:25:26 +0100 From: Stig Brautaset To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: xircom nic itch (drops ip) Message-ID: <20020515202526.GA16671@brautaset.org> In-Reply-To: <20020512214217.GA19727@brautaset.org> <200205131524.g4DFOAc30622@buggy.badula.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-URL: http://www.brautaset.org X-Location: London, UK Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Ion, Thanks for the answer :) * Ion Badulescu spake thus: > > My pcmcia network card drops its ip from time to time. This happens [...] > Are you using dhcp on that interface? If so, what happens to the dhcp > client daemon when the interface 'loses' the ip? Is it logging anything? > Is it dying? > > If you're not using dhcp, I'm a little stumped.. I am using dhcp from time to time, but the card drops its ip when it is allocated statically as well :( However, it *does* seem to drop its ip more frequently if I am using dhcp, or between usage of dhcp and a reboot (I normally just use suspend) so this might be the case. I will monitor this a bit closer... > > The card is a Xircom Cardbus 10/100 NIC (CBEM56G-100), and it use the > > kernel's xircom_cb module. I used to use the module in the pcmcia_cs > > package before, but I can't remember whether it was any better then (I > > don't think it was though). > > You could try to use the xircom_tulip_cb module instead, and see if it > solves the problem. I don't think it will, but who knows. Can't seem to load that module I'm afraid.. > Despite what Configure.help says, xircom_tulip_cb is actually better > than xircom_cb. The latter should only be used if xircom_tulip_cb > has problems -- I haven't heard of any recently, but I do want to hear > about them if they still exist. Thank you very much for your help anyway. Stig -- brautaset.org