Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:39:46 +0300 (EEST) | From | Serguei Koubouchine <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.1.125 ... pre-2.2 imminent |
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On 11 Oct 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.KSI.981010090752.8526A-100000@tigra.gu.net>, > Serguei Koubouchine <ksi@gu.net> wrote: > > > >Do we have a chance to have a WORKING eepro100 driver in 2.2 ? > > The eepro100 driver works fine, but you must _not_ enabled IPv6 or do > multicasting.
This effectively turns Linux into a toy system which can't be used into serious network environment :-(( Do you mean we have to avoid Linux when making e.g. Internet servers in favour of e.g. FreeLSD ? We really DO have to run gated, the static routing is not a choice to be taken seriously... D'ya see the new kernel to be only the apps launcher, not suitable for something useful ? Do you know that 2.0.xx kernels do work reliably with multicasting ? I'd like to know what is all that wonderful networking stuff (misc queue disciplines, ANK's iproute2/tc suite etc.) in new kernels for ?
Furthermore, the eepro100 driver v1.0.3 DOES work with multicasting. The problem is that it doesn't work at all with some of eepro100 cards - LEDs go off as soon as the eepro100 module is loaded... Running mii-diag after this sometimes does solve a problem. Sometimes not... And this is far before the multicasting show begins...
Unfortunately for Linux, FreeLSD does run on eepro100's full throttle like a charm...
> I have reports of alternate drivers that can do multicasts, but they all > break under heavy load.
Do you share that Donald's approach "My drivers are of top quality and I'm tired to send all of that bad boys one-line message telling don't use gated" ? If so, something's definitely wrong in Linux country and we'd better look for an another one....
======================================================================= Serguei Koubouchine aka the Tamer < > The impossible we do immediately. e-mail: ksi@gu.net SK320-RIPE < > Miracles require 24-hour notice. =======================================================================
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