Re: support for 3c905

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
3 Jul 1997 12:34:53 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.96.970702133234.28696A-100000@vipe.technion.ac.il>,
Andi Gutmans <andi@vipe.technion.ac.il> wrote:
>Hey,
>
>it seems like there's no support in the standard kernel but there's
>support in redhat's version of the linux kernel. Is there change going to
>go into the standard kernel?

It would be nice if the driver would be shaken down before being
tossed into the base kernel. At McAfee, we've been playing around
with various versions of the 3c905 driver for WebShield, and have
discovered that the quickest way to kill a WebShield is to put a 3c905
into it, then tuck it onto a busy network. 45 seconds from enabling
the interface to a horrible death is the record; if this is happening
to a lot of the other testers of the driver, it seems like that would
be a good reason to delay the bug reports for a while longer.

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