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Subject: Re: 2.2.16 3c90x ?
To: apark@cdf.toronto.edu
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 17:41:06 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> Just wondering...  How safe is it to switch from 10Mbit network to
> 100Mbit network while the machine is up?

Providing the driver is properly coded absolutely fine

> from 10Mbit to 100Mbit while machine was up, it just froze solid.
> I'm using 3Com 3c905C Tornado network card and the corresponding driver
> is 3c90x.
> 

Use the standard kernel 3c59x.c driver instead. That one for me at least
is happy doing 10/100 switches

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