Re: 2.0.34-pre11b; 3c59x driver broken?

Milan Kerslager (milan.kerslager@spsselib.hiedu.cz)
Sun, 3 May 1998 18:48:52 +0100

> The card is a 3c590 8k Vortex (with bug). It was solid with v0.46C
> and possibly v0.44 driver too I think. Perhaps putting v0.99 driver in
> 2.0.34 isn't a brilliant idea? I think someone else complained?

On my Linux-router under high load v0.99 auto-switch my two 3c905 cards to
10Mbps from 100Mps even my hub and switch both only work with 100Mbps.
I must downgrade to v0.46C from clean 2.0.33.

I sent this to Donald Becker on Fri, 1 May.

HW configuration: P200, 3x3Com + 2xNE2000, IDE disk, Triton chipset

Found a 3Com PCI Ethernet 3c905 rev 0 at 0x6300.
No interrupt sources are pending.
Transceiver/media interfaces available: MII.
MAC settings: full-duplex.
Found a 3Com PCI Ethernet 3c900 rev 0 at 0x6200.
No interrupt sources are pending.
Transceiver/media interfaces available: 10baseT 10base2 AUI.
MAC settings: half-duplex.
Found a 3Com PCI Ethernet 3c905 rev 0 at 0x6100.
No interrupt sources are pending.
Transceiver/media interfaces available: MII.
MAC settings: full-duplex.

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                        Milan Kerslager, admin of spsselib.hiedu.cz
                        Monkey Linux, The Minimal Linux Distribution
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