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I've been using Token Ring support on several 486-DX33s for the last 2
months without any problems.
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> From: Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@ibm.net>
> To: pnorton@cts.com
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Token Ring Patch
> Date: Tuesday, August 20, 1996 5:22 PM
>
> Paul P. Norton wrote:
> >
> > This patch fixes:
> >
> > 1. Most (maybe all) token-ring lockups due to the Arrg problem.
> >
> > 2. "Unknown command in asb 08" errors.
> >
> > 3. Incorrect open error code handling.
> >
> > Thanks to Michael Madore, Christopher A. Smith, James Walter Martin
III,
> > Joe Hindsley and Harald Becker for their assistance in debugging this
> > problem.
> >
> > Please email me at pnorton@cts.com with any problems, questions or
> > comments regarding this patch.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Paul,
>
> VERY timely.. I just spent about two days battling with token ring on
my boxes. For
> some odd reason, the existing driver worked fine on a 486DX2-66 machine,
but failed
> sporadically with the "ARrggh .. 50ms timeout.." error on a DX4/100. I
was becoming
> convinced that it was a race condition triggered by the faster CPU and
spent today
> trying to chase down a programming manual for the NIC's. I'm using 3Com
3C619Bs,
> FWIW.
>
> I'd greatly enjoy hearing from anyone else actively banging on TR
support under
> Linux. Repeated searches of comp.os.linux.networking turn up nothing!
>
> - Steve
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I've been using Token Ring support on =
several 486-DX33s for the last 2 months without any problems. =
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> From: Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@ibm.net>
> To: pnorton@cts.com
> =
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Token Ring Patch
> Date: =
Tuesday, August 20, 1996 5:22 PM
>
> Paul P. Norton =
wrote:
> >
> > This patch fixes:
> > =
> > 1. Most (maybe all) token-ring lockups due to the Arrg =
problem.
> >
> > 2. "Unknown command in asb =
08" errors.
> >
> > 3. Incorrect open error code =
handling.
> >
> > Thanks to Michael Madore, =
Christopher A. Smith, James Walter Martin III,
> > Joe Hindsley =
and Harald Becker for their assistance in debugging this
> > =
problem.
> >
> > Please email me at pnorton@cts.com with =
any problems, questions or
> > comments regarding this =
patch.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Paul,
> =
> VERY timely.. I just spent about two days battling =
with token ring on my boxes. For
> some odd reason, the =
existing driver worked fine on a 486DX2-66 machine, but failed
> =
sporadically with the "ARrggh .. 50ms timeout.." error on a =
DX4/100. I was becoming
> convinced that it was a race =
condition triggered by the faster CPU and spent today
> trying to =
chase down a programming manual for the NIC's. I'm using 3Com =
3C619Bs,
> FWIW.
>
> I'd greatly enjoy =
hearing from anyone else actively banging on TR support under
> =
Linux. Repeated searches of comp.os.linux.networking turn up =
nothing!
>
> - Steve