[3705] in linux-net channel archive
Re: 3c595 and repeatable trivial network crash!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Mon Jul 15 18:16:02 1996
From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To: ewerlid@syscon.uu.se (Ove Ewerlid)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 17:13:42 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, ewerlid@syscon.uu.se
In-Reply-To: <31E4890B.237D0CC@syscon.uu.se> from "Ove Ewerlid" at Jul 11, 96 06:54:35 am
> you can cure the problem by replacing the 3c595 with a 3c590.
> The 3c590 has 8 kb buffer.
> When the net has hanged you can fix it by 'ifconfig ethX down/up'.
> The interface seems to receive packets but none is sent during the
> hanged condition.
You can hang the 3c590 as well, although its very very difficult to
do.
[Comments deleted]
I don't think its a TCP bug but probably a driver bug as you can duplicate it
with a multiway ping fight.
Alan
