Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 1 Sep 1996 16:56:31 -0400 (EDT) | From | 0xdeadbeef <> | Subject | Re: 2.0.16 still has old (broken) 3c59x driver, still bug reports |
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On Sun, 1 Sep 1996, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, 0xdeadbeef wrote: > > > It appears that 2.0.16 fixes many bugs, but creates a few new ones of its > > own. Also, I see that the latest 3c59x.c (from Donald Becker, who else :-) > > has not yet been integrated into the kernel. The latest version fixes > > crashes that would otherwise occur with my card (a very recent 3c590TPO > > PCI, mfg. aug 1996). The latest versions of the drivers have been > > extremely stable under heavy load (about 300-400packets/sec, mainly > > because RPI Dormnet is getting netbios/netbeui broadcast storms for badly > > configured win95 machines). Both boomerang.c (with support for 3c90x > > cards as well as 3c59x) and 3c59x.c off of the FTP site work without > > problems and really should be included in the latest kernels before 2.1 > > comes out, as we really don't want bad drivers for these cards sticking > > around forever in 2.0.x. Also, 3c90x support would not be a bad idea, > > especially since the cards seem to be far less brain-damaged (and faster) > > than the 3c59x cards, as well as cheaper. > > boomerang.c (v.28c) didnt work with my 3c590 with 8k buffer. Please dont > incorporate it into the kernel before it has been made to work so we wont > have the problems we had when .25 was implemented before it was tested > alright. > > My 3c590 also claims to have the 8k buffer, but has been rock solid under both 3c59x.c (0.28c) and boomerang.c (0.31, 0.32, and 0.33). It appears that there is a pretty large variation between the 3com boards of the same model. Let's just make sure that the final 2.0.x release has a 3c59x drive that's stable for all of the versions of the card.
Simon Karpen karpes@rpi.edu
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