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Date:      	Mon, 22 Jan 1996 22:20:36 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc:        hwr@pilhuhn.de, stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: spontaneous reboot with -stable 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960122221549.811C-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601222217.OAA21401@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:

> >In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.960120093651.1330E-100000@haven.uniserve.com>, Tom S
> >amplonius wrote:
> >>  Not if you have a 2940.  The new ahc driver is really, really nice in 
> >>comparison to the old one.  I'm now seeing record uptime's on a -stable 
> >>system.
> >
> >I guess that is what really worries me .. the new driver is not out for
> >a longe time yet ...
> >
> >-- 
> >Heiko W.Rupp hwr@pilhhuhn.de
> >INN FAQ can be found in ftp://ftp.xlink.net/pub/news/docs/
> >
> 
> I wouldn't touch the old driver with a 10 foot pole.  Most
> of the stability problems I've seen have a conection to the ep driver
> or the reordering of probes (ISA comes last).  I haven't had
> time to look into these problem yet, but I will after USENIX.
> --
> Justin T. Gibbs

  I agree completely.  Although, I'm still using a preliminary version of 
the new driver, I'm seeing a record uptime of 14 days and counting.  
Previously, the record was 10 days, followed by 3 days.  Every other time it 
would crash consistently every two days.

Tom



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