Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:25:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Computer disappears from the network, then reappears...? Message-ID: <199606100625.AAA11065@terra.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <199606100116.SAA16312@Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jun 9, 96 06:16:11 pm
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Lo and behold, David Greenman once said: > There aren't any known bugs in the driver, but the 82557 chip (the NIC) has > a bug that causes it to "go away" when it sees any garbage data. There is a > "work around" that basically amounts to resetting the chip if you don't see > any traffic in <n> seconds. I think this is pretty disgusting, however, so I > didn't implement it. The newer revision chips are supposed to have this > problem fixed. Too much fun. :) Will downing the interface and bringing it back up reset the chip properly, or is there a different system call we'd have to make to do it? (If so, give me a pointer, and I'll happily come up with a reset-the-chip utility). -Dave Andersen -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."
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