Success with new 3c59x driver (0.47)

Troels Arvin (rhl@www.studmed.ku.dk)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:49:19 +0100

I have previously reported problems with Linux and a 100mbit 3com 905
Boomerang network device (silent but very efficient server freezes).

The solution for me used to be to patch the driver with a patch that RedHat
use in their kernel source.

However, now there is a new version of the driver: v. 0.47 dated Nov 13 at
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/3c59x.c

- And it seems to work fine without any patches (has been tested for four
days on my web-server).

I recommend that the new driver be included in the kernel-source packages.

Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.mdb.ku.dk/tarvin/