The instructions in Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt mention it, even
though the driver itself has been updated. I propose this change (also at
http://jpj.net/~trevor/linux/slowdown-2.1.88.diff).
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Trevor Johnson
/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt
--- ./Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt.orig Sat Nov 29 10:33:18 1997
+++ ./Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt Wed Feb 25 12:44:45 1998
@@ -131,16 +131,13 @@
DE-600:
- The adapter is not recognized at boot, i.e. an Ethernet
- address of 00:80:c8:... is not shown, try to add another
- "; SLOW_DOWN_IO"
- at DE600_SLOW_DOWN in the "tuning" section. As a last resort,
- uncomment: "#define REALLY_SLOW_IO" (see <asm/io.h> for hints).
+ address of 00:80:c8:... is not shown, adjust the definition
+ of DE600_SLOW_DOWN in drivers/net/de600.c. As a last resort,
+ uncomment "#define REALLY_SLOW_IO" (see <asm/io.h> for hints).
- - You experience "timeout" messages: first try to add another
- "; SLOW_DOWN_IO"
- at DE600_SLOW_DOWN in the "tuning" section, _then_ try to
- increase the value (original value: 5) at
- "if (tickssofar < 5)" near line 422.
+ - You experience "timeout" messages: first try to lengthen the
+ time of DE600_SLOW_DOWN, _then_ try to increase the value
+ (original value: 5) at "if (tickssofar < 5)" near line 422.
DE-620:
- Your parallel port might be "sluggish". To cater for
-
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