Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:01:21 -0500 (EST) | From | Matt Busigin <> | Subject | Re: SMC EtherPower II, System Reboot in 100MBps FULL_DUPLEX, 2.2.0-pre6 |
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On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Adam Scislowicz wrote:
#I have an SMC EtherPower II PCI Ethernet Card, I compiled the driver as a #module, which works out as epic100.o... The module loads, and network #operations work to some extent. However when doing something that is fairly #constant and high-speed, (ie: scp, or ftp) via the LAN at 100MBps the entire #machine simply reboot, not a warning, OOPS, or log... After this the card #just keeps blinking. Powering down the machine is the only way to reset the #card into normal operation, the machine resetting does not fix it. Below I #have included some system stats that I though could be important, but I have a #feeling this is a hardware bug in which a workaround needs to be written. # #Linux version 2.2.0-pre6 (root@kor.tkg) (gcc version egcs-2.91.60 19981201 #(egcs-1.1.1 release)) #5 Sat Jan 9 15:35:11 EST 1999 # #I will right now compile and try 2.2.0-pre9 however I didnt see any changes #other then an APM fix that could help this, and that wouldnt explain the cards #need to power down to operate again. I will also try compiling it as a #non-module but again, I doubt that is the problem... I hope someone else here #can run a similar test, it may be important that the card is in 100MBps #FULL_DUPLEX mode. # #Adam Scislowicz #core@triton.net
I have an identical ethernet card, and I'll try it with the 2.2.0-pre9 kernel tonight.
matt
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