Andrew Morton wrote: > I better should test my smc9194 whether it also times out the connection, > perhaps the problem is not in the 3c509 driver?! AM> hmm. It doesn't sound like regression in the driver. It may be AM> something physical: cabling, hub, etc. I really doubt that. I'm using a single cross over cable connected to another machine with a RTL8029 NIC. AM> I'll drag out my 509 and give it an overnight test. I hope, you're able to reproduce something, but I really doubt that. :/ AM> When it happens does the interface recover properly, or does it AM> need to be downed and upped, or do you need to reboot? It recovers properly within about one minute, so it's not that big a problem. AM> What are the long-term effects of the timeout? Hmm...it happens again. ;) I don't see any negative effect at all (except the connections timing out). -=( CU Andre )=- E-Mail: andre@grueneberg.de ... Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. (Timothy Leary) - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
