Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:56:27 +1100 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Xircom problems with test9-preX |
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Tom Sightler wrote: > > Hi all, > > My Xircom RBEM56G-100 almost completely stops working in the latest test9-pre8 > and pre9 versions. It will still get an IP address via DHCP, but that's it, no > pings or anything. > > It works mostly correctly with test8 (quits responding when leaving promisuous > mode, and seems to hang under heavy load/collisions, but these are problems you > can usually live with). > > Backing out the attached patch returns it to the previous, mostly working > condition.
This patchlet was selectively taken from the latest pcmcia-cs (3.1.21-beta). It made my NIC work correctly - without this patch the Xircom NIC incorrectly enters half-duplex mode with disastrous performance consequences.
But it broke yours completely, so I guess the hunk should be backed out until David has a chance to do a full merge. Are you able to test with the latest pcmcia-cs package?
A number of people (esp. David) have spent a lot of time trying to make the Xircom driver work correctly. It's being a real problem. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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