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Re: Eexperss-16
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Blundell)
Sat Apr 27 07:56:36 1996
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:11:02 +0100 (BST)
From: Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>
To: "Ian S. Howe" <howeis@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9604250456.AA79742@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Ian S. Howe wrote:
> I'm using the eexp-16 and it locks my system every time
> I try to pass the IP using ifconfig. This started when the new driver
> was put in to the 1.3 kernals. Before that I had allways gotten
> a screen full of hex when ever the board hickupped and got a kick
> from the driver. Board works great in wimp95. I call the screen dump
> the feed food fool dump because of obvous reasons. When the system
> locks I can still switch F# sessions but the system receves no commands
> thanks,
What kernel version are you using? There was a bug at one point (around
1.3.7x I think) that would put the driver into an infinite loop when you
brought the interface up, with some (64k RAM) cards.
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