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From: rminnich@super.org (Ronald G Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386bsd nfs hang problem -- some data, temporary workaround
Message-ID: <1992Aug5.163910.7067@super.org>
Date: 5 Aug 92 16:39:10 GMT
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In article <RAEBURN.92Aug5002605@cambridge.cygnus.com> raeburn@cambridge.cygnus.com (Ken Raeburn) writes:
>I'm not sure where to go from here, though.  Any suggestions what I
>might try next, either to help with the NFS problems or to speed up
>incoming TCP?  Or should I keep staring at etherfind and hope something
>hits me?  :-)

If memory serves this uses the NS DP chip. 
look carefully at the source for the driver, and make sure it is handling
ring-buffer wrap-around correctly. I screwed mine up (different system, not
386BSD) the first time, and the symptoms were the same as yours.
ron
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