Re: 3Com Vortex freezes

["Scott K. Ellis" <storm@gate.net>]

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On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Remco van de Meent wrote:

> I'm using a 3Com Vortex ethernet device on a 10BaseT network:
> 
> eth0: 3Com 3c595 Vortex 100baseTX at 0xe400, 00:20:af:ed:16:c5, IRQ 12
>   Internal config register is 101001b, transceivers 0xe10a.
>   64K word-wide RAM 3:1 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/10baseT interface.
> 3c59x.c:v0.25 5/17/96 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> 
> 
> It looks like that this card freezes the network i/o after a couple of days
> 
> "eth0: Infinite loop in interrupt, status e011.  Disabling functions (78ee)"
> 
> 
> Is there any way to get around with it? Or having the computer automatically
> reboot when this happens?

Known problem with the older drivers, try getting the latest driver from
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (look for network drivers and Vortex, I've
forgotten the exact page).  As for clearing the condition, you could have
a cron task that watches the syslog files, and reboots the machine when
the message appears.  I understand that if you load the driver as a
module, ifconfig eth0 down ; rmmod 3c59x ; sleep 5 ; insmod 3c59x ;
ifconfig eth0 up ; route.... clears the problem.

- -- 
                     |        The mark of your ignorance is the depth of
   Scott K. Ellis    |           your belief in injustice and tragedy.
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                     |               the master calls a butterfly.
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