From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] 3com 3c509 PCI (B?) alternating boot link on/off problem
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Date: Tue,  9 Jul 2002 11:33:17 -0400
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Some 3com cards don't so well when, for instance, you run some variant of
MS Windows, Ctrl-Alt-Del and bring up another OS, the card is in a funny state.
It may be to do with power management. What might be useful is the exact
model of the card in question, and what the initial card configuration is
in the EEPROM (there should be a 3Com diag. programme to that will tell you).
It's also possible we should really shut the card down on ^P to prevent
problems with lingering busmastering.