Quoting Brad Hards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After a couple of months of wrestling with my computer and all it's > > stability issues it's been suffering lately I finaly have most of them > > ironed out. One of the few remaining ones is stability problems with > > CDCEther and my Motorola SB4100 Cable modem. > Just remember, the code is <CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL> :-)
That's what I keep telling myself (and my fiancee whenver it goes down). but you know to get past experimental stability problems need to be worked out. :P > > From what I can tell, every now and then eth1 (the modem) will disapear > > from ifconfig and when I do a route it hangs (presumably because it seems > > to think that eth1 is still there somewhere but cannot find it). This > > happens about once every 4 days. The simple fix is running ifdown eth1 > > (just to clear out any remaining settings that are hung), remove the > > module, reinsert CDCEther then ifup eth1. > OK, could be a race. Do you have SMP? Or kernel pre-emption? Does it still > happen if you compile uP only? > Could also be a power problem. Are you powering it from a reliable source? Is My system is a single processor system only, so that idea is out. as for the power, as far as I know it is reliable. it's even pluged into my UPs for security. > the modem power plug solid? > > > I have also noticed that on at least once, data sent to the modem from > > upstream (presumably some kind of error sent by Comcast) it has kernel > > panic'd. I have only noticed this on one occasion, however it is > possible > > that it has happened some other times that I have not noticed. > This seems unlikely, unless we are corrupting the skb's. You need to capture > > it somehow to allow analysis. > > > now I know the usual question, I currently have 2.4.17, and if I am not > > mistaken I did not see any CDCEther updates in 2.4.18. > Nah, me either :) > Maybe soon, but nothing that will definately address these problems without > > more info. > > Brad > just tell me what more info you would like and I will get it to you this weekend (when I return home) Matt _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
