Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:52:03 +0100 (CET) | From | FRAHM Klaus <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: 2.6.10-rc3: tulip-driver: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed] |
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> > Definitely not compatible. > > And as noted in the previous email, I don't advise ifdown the NIC > unless you can verify it will not corrupt the memory that was > previously used for RX descriptors and RX buffers. > > OTOH, 100BT cards are *so* cheap, it should be possible to replace > if it's not built-in on the motherboard. > > Sorry for the bad news and thanks for doing the extra tests. > > But still, I'm hopeing for two code changes as a result: > 1) include CSR5 and CSR6 in the printk output > 2) the date of the tulip driver revision needs to be updated (or dropped). > > thanks, > grant
Hi Grant,
thanks for the analysis. It's good to know not to deactivate the NIC. I never knowingly encoutered any real problem, but maybe there may been other of problems which I did not attribute to the NIC. Normally I do not deactivated the interface, but up to a few weeks ago the DHCP daemon could do this in order to change the IP number. Now this is over and I have since then a fixed IP number (because I am directly connected to the DSLAM of my ISP, this is called "degroupage" in France as opposed to IP/ADSL where one is only indirectly connected with Franc-Telecom). I am actually using a "Freebox" as a modem which has recently, `let's say', arisen some interest in the linux-kernel mailing list because it runs Linux inside:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109936781417837&w=2
For the NIC I have mentioned in my first message that I have two NICs, the other being a 3Com card which is mostly likely better. I will simply switch the roles between my first and the second interface by exchanging the aliases for eth0/1 in modprobes.conf. Then I use the Sitecom card with the tulip driver only for the internal connection which is never shut down and not so often used.
Greetings, Klaus.
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