Messages in this thread | | | From | Phillip Dillinger <> | Date | Tue, 10 Dec 1996 09:35:44 -0800 | Subject | Re: 3c590 |
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> Hi, > > Is anyone looking into the broken 3c590 ethernet card driver? It seems > people on v0.25 and the alleged latest v0.28c-all, get random hangs after > various periods of time. > > I'm also getting "eth0: transmitter access conflict" a fair bit. > Performance when transmitting also seems poor. > > I've seen other reports to this effect. Is this driver broken for > everyone? Just people with the newer 8k boards? Or what? > > And I assume 3com are not helpful with Linux drivers. Another company we > should all blacklist if that is the case... > > Cheers, > Chris. > I am working on an improved 3c59x driver. I posted a diff on linux-kernel yesterday, and it might have fixed your problems. If not, E-mail me exactly what happens, and I might be able to diagnose your problem....
Also, 3Com is good about giving out docs. I got them with a developer's fax order form. Ask 3Com for it. Also, where can other that 8K vortex cards be found?
Phillip Dillinger phillip.dillinger@sealabs.com
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