Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.24-git] net/enc28j60: oops fix, low power mode

From: Claudio Lanconelli <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:53:30 +0100

David Brownell wrote:
> How long did that take?  I did about four dozen
>
> 	ifconfig eth1 up
> 	sleep 3
> 	ifconfig eth1 down
>
> cycles ... it worked fine.  The "sleep" was to let the link
> negotiation complete.
>
>   
After a couple of :

ifconfig eth0 down
(wait just 1 second)
ifconfig eth0 up

the network is frozen.

If I do another
ifconfig eth0 down
(wait just 1 second)
ifconfig eth0 up

restarts.
It's random, no rule.