Subject: Re: ex0 wedges after long uptime?
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/05/1999 01:18:13
On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Peter Seebach wrote:

> So, I have an ex0 on an Alpha.  It wedges.  After a few days of medium use
> (maybe one make build over NFS ...) it stops working.  No packets in or out.
> No pings.  ifconfig down/up doesn't clear this, but rebooting does.
> 
> Any clues?

  Mine just wedged again.  A further data point is that when it fails, it
logged several stray interrupts.  After several stray interrupts, that
interrupt will be disabled - which would explain why the ifconfig down/up
has no effect.

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
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Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA