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Date:      Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:51:02 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl>
To:        spork <spork@super-g.com>
Cc:        sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: de0 under 2.2-STABLE
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970731093650.2414A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730121842.7559A-100000@super-g.inch.com>

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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, spork wrote:

> Thanks to all for the help...
> 
> I'm currently using the "alternate" driver from 3am-software, and it seems
> to be working great so far.  I don't know how it does with 100M, because
> we don't yet use it anywhere...  It has alleviated the "don't unplug it or
> you're hosed" problem, so I'm happy.
> 
> Is there any reason this isn't merged into the -stable tree?
> 
> Is there any testing I can do before I take this thing "live"?

I also had many problems with de0 driver wrt. to the media switching when
the cable was pulled out. I used the following kludge: I run the script,
which would check every 5 minutes if I can see the router, if not - I'd do
ifconfig de0 down/up to force it to check the media; if it's ok, the 
script would sleep the next 5 min.

I know it's ugly, but it works. 

Sincerely yours,

---
Andrzej Bialecki                  FreeBSD: Turning PCs Into Workstations
<abial@warman.org.pl>             http://www.freebsd.org
Research and Academic Network in Poland




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