On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 06:59:49PM -0500, Johan Kullstam wrote:
> Jens Benecke <jens@pinguin.conetix.de> writes:
> > Hi,
> > I have one of these "NetGear" 10/100MBit PCI ethernet devices. When I
> > use the tulip driver, I can connect to my machine normally for some
> > time, but after a period of inactivity (minutes, sometimes hours) when
> > I try to connect again, the connection is gone. ifconfig eth0 down,
> > rmmod tulip, ifconfig eth0 ... up has always solved the problem, but
> > this is not really a solution. the old_tulip works for me, for now at
> > least.
> > Question: Is there any demand in debugging this
> yes, there's you at least. me, i have trouble using a 21041 card with
> drivers later than 0.91. this includes 0.91g and 0.91x.
OK..
> > or is the tulip knowingly broken
> yes. i've complained about my problems. a few others have the same
> thing as i too.
Did anyone take a look at them? My C knowledge is just about past the stage
of being able to parse code for syntax errors, but that's it. I wouldn't
stand a chance finding a bug in there...
> > and this is a known bug? If you want me to debug it, how would I go
> > about it?
> i don't know. you can find 0.89h, 0.91, 0.91g and 0.91x. other versions
> are apparently in the great bit bucket in the sky never to be fou..
> ..st of luck
Thanks. I'll have a look when I find the time.
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