> > after a brief time (anywhere from a few hours to one minute) it gets
> > infinite loop in interupt messages and doesn't see the net anymore...
> > sometimes ifdown, and theen back up will reset it, sometimes a cold
> > boot is required...
>
> Was the system transfering lots of data when the card locked up? If so,
> this may not be a new problem. Several people have seen similar problems
> with the 3c509 driver for at least serveral kernel versions. Ususally it
> only affects 486's though.
No, Pentium hit the bug, too, at least for the Boomerang cards.
The only solution seems to be the UNOFFICIAL 0.42x driver (currently, x =
o):
http://www.desy.de:8888/~sieversm/boomerang.html