> I have had problems with the 3c59x driver in both 2.0.36 and in the pre2.2
> kernels. Every once in a while, the driver will just stop working, and I
> have to do a
> ifdown eth0
> rmmod 3c59x
> insmod 3c59x
> ifup eth0
> to get it to start working again. This problem I did not find present in
> 2.0.34. My card is a 3c905B, and it is set up using the 192.168.1.1
> address. I haven't found any rhyme or reason to it, but it seems to
> present the problem a few hours after boot. Then it is usually fine.
>
Does it happen in all the pre2.2 kernels?
Version 0.99H of the driver (in 2.2.0pre6) does this for me. I seem to
remember that this was reported some time ago (like back in november when
the driver first appeared). Reverse the patch to 3c59x.c and it works
again.
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