From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:26:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:26:25 -0500 Received: from colorfullife.com ([216.156.138.34]:10512 "EHLO colorfullife.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:26:04 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5CE07D.BD36D71C@colorfullife.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:21:49 +0100 From: Manfred Spraul X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank de Lange CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardware related? In-Reply-To: <20010110223015.B18085@unternet.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Frank de Lange wrote: > > Hi'all, > > Ever since I put two ethernet-cards (cheap Winbond W89C940 based PCI NE2K > clones) in my BP-6 system, I've been experiencing intermittent network hangs. > Which driver do you use? The driver in 2.4.0 contains several bugfixes. If that driver still hangs then I'll double check the documentation. > A > hang manifests itself as a total failure to communicate through either network > card, and can only be solved by rebooting. Removing and reloading the modules > does not fix the problem, only a reboot works. > That's different from my problems: unload+reload always fixed my problems with the unpatch winbond-840 driver. > which should work, they are > NON-busmastering cards after all...), third line in w840_probe1(): pci_set_master(). And the documentation begins with W89C840F PCI Bus Master Fast Ethernet LAN Controller. -- Manfred - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/