Re: eepro100 1.0.3 patch

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:28:44 -0700 (PDT)

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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Donald Becker wrote:
>
> The chip is reset the second time after doing the self-test: this is
> recommended but not required. The only setup done between the first and
> second reset is configuring an external 83840A transceiver to avoid an
> interaction bug with the i82558. The internal transceiver on the i82558
> needs no special configuration, so the extra reset isn't erasing any
> configuration.

It makes a difference on my system. I don't know why. With the reset
removed it got further but then apparently dies when it gets a transmit
timeout. Why it gets that timeout I don't know, though.

Linus

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