From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 18:07:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 18:07:31 -0400 Received: from relay01.roc.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.34]:40857 "HELO relay01.roc.frontiernet.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 18:07:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 18:07:19 -0400 From: Scott McDermott To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3c59x driver: card not responding after a while Message-ID: <20020531180719.A1860@vaxerdec.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3CF7981D.7B70609F@eed.ericsson.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ronny T. Lampert (EED) on Fri 31/05 17:34 +0200: > I'm having (reproducable) problems with the 3c59x driver; after a > while (depends on card/traffic), the card doesn't send nor receive > anymore. - are you using netfilter? - cat /proc/net/dev, what does the fifo counter say when iface hung? - it degrades over time and only after quite a bit of data pumped through it does it hang right? and slowly decreasing throughput right? - I feel much better to know someone else has this bug! I thought sure I was crazy since I did not hear of this problem from anyone else and 905B is very common card. > o RH 7.2 stock (2.4.7) wait this worked or didn't? for me 2.4.7 works fine, 2.4.17 does not. > If you do a /etc/init.d/network restart (or ifconfig eth0 down ; > ifconfig eth0 ... up), the card works again. yep, same thing here...I was to try 2.4.7 3c59x.c with otherwise recent kernel but have not got around to this yet...