On my:

NetBSD mirror 1.6ZF NetBSD 1.6ZF (mirror) #1: Sun Nov 30 02:48:36 CET 2003 
root@mirror:/usr/src/sys-current/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/mirror i386

ex0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0: 3Com 3c905CX-TX 10/100 Ethernet with mngmt (rev. 0
x40)
ex0: interrupting at irq 5
ex0: MAC address 00:26:54:08:ca:f8
acphy0 at ex0 phy 2: AC101L 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
acphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

(nothing else on irq 5)

machine which is fairly heavily used in terms of network, we fairly frequently see:

Jan  5 10:04:25 mirror /netbsd: ex0: uplistptr was 0

It pauses the machine for a while before carrying on. That on its own would be 
ok, but so far, roughly every 12 days, the nic stops responding completely. We 
have a serial console attached and could login that way, but no amount of 
ifconfig massaging (up, down etc) made ex0 come back. Reboot was neccessary.

There was a mention on mailings lists about increasing a:

#define EX_NUPD         128

Will that solve the occasional nic freeze?

Sincerely,

Lund


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