Re: EEPRO100 again problems on pre9

From: Andrey Savochkin (saw@saw.sw.com.sg)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 06:57:55 EST


Hello Robert,

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 01:00:01PM +0200, Robert S. Irrgang wrote:
> With pre8 Kernel, the EEPRO100 driver works fine, but now on pre9 I've the same (old) problems.
> A little ping to the next linux server (with 3x905 Boomerang 100baseTx network card) over a Switch have 80% lost packets.
> NFS didn't work any more (like pre6).
>
> I don't know what's wrong.

There is a bug in eepro100 driver which may cause such a high lossage rate.
The bug has been spotted and fixed, but the fix isn't incorporated into the
mainstream kernel yet. Please check the driver from
ftp://ftp.sw.com.sg/pub/Linux/people/saw/kernel/v2.3/
ftp://ftp.swusa.com/pub/Linux/people/saw/kernel/v2.3/

Best regards
                                        Andrey V.
                                        Savochkin

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