Subject: Re: Observation..
To: Arno Griffioen <arno@usn.nl>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/22/1997 13:00:24
> After my 3600 had been up and running 1.2G for about 2 weeks now
> I suddenly couldn't reach it anymore.
>
> I thought it had crashed, which I found strange because 1.2 is very
> stable here.
>
> So I hooked up my console and it was still running.
>
> Further examination showed that the DELQA was flashing it's LED 3
> and network-traffic was impossible.
>
> Would someone with DEQNA knowledge explain to me what happened? Is it
> the board itself which has a problem (a reset of the machine fixed it)
> or a problem in NetBSD?
I have had occasional problems with DMA to non-existant memory. Once this
happens, the DELQA stops. However, just doing "ifconfig qe0 down; ifconfig
qe0 up" solves the problem...
Johnny
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