Re: 2.2.11 and tulip.c issues

David Rees (dbr@spoke.nols.com)
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:20:12 -0700

On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 06:26:10PM -0800, Christopher E. Brown wrote:
>
> The driver included in ALL kernels does not work with newer cards and
> need to be updated.
>
> 2.2.11 breaks ALL tulip drivers, both the included 89H version (that
> is useless with a new card anyway) *AND* 91. I can cope with
> switching out 89 or 91 when I use a newer card, but none of the tulip
> drivers are woring with 2.2.11.
>
> I have not yet tried the latest 91x yet, but flat 91 is known
> to work fine with the cards, the breakage seems to come with 2.2.11

I've been running 2.2.11 with the tulip driver since last night with no
problems, although it is an older card. The card is running at 100Mbps,
but isn't under heavy load...

--------------------------
tulip.c:v0.89H 5/23/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
eth0: Digital DS21140 Tulip at 0xfc00, 00 40 05 a1 bd ef, IRQ 9.
eth0: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
eth0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block.
eth0: MII transceiver found at MDIO address 0, config 1000 status 782d.
eth0: Advertising 01e1 on PHY 0, previously advertising 01e1.
--------------------------

-Dave

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