> o 3c59x driver version 25 (that got in by accident but ought to be in 2.0
> the shipped version is utterly useless with the current 3c590 cards)
Agreed, I have an infamous 8k 3c590 card, and run kernel v2.0.0 with
v0.25 of the driver dropped in. I have yet to see the slightest problem.
Chris.
ferret:~$ uname -a
Linux ferret 2.0.0 #9 Fri Jun 14 21:37:53 BST 1996 i586
ferret:~$ uptime
7:23pm up 23 days, 21:46, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00
ferret:~$ cat /proc/interrupts | grep Vortex
10: 12887325 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps
ferret:~$ cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |packets errs drop fifo frame|packets errs drop fifo colls carrier
lo: 451358 0 0 0 0 451358 0 0 0 0 0
eth0:12775046 45 45 0 45 5025967 0 0 0 36319 3