Re: 3c59x rx errors

Kirk Haines (khaines@infobeat.com)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 01:15:54 -0600 (MDT)

> hello all,
> i'm using a 3c900 (3c59x.c v0.99E), with recent dev. kernels. the card
> seems to be having a particularly difficult time receiving packets - the
> pertinent part of /proc/net/dev says:
>
> Inter-| Receive
> face | bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast
> eth0: 0 607909 30595 0 0 32996 0 0
>
> is this normal, or a function of the seemingly off-as-of-late 3c59x
> driver?
> i will be happy to provide any more necessary information.

I was having a similar problem with a 3c905b card running under the same
driver. I grabbed the development/testing driver, which is version .99G
from Donald Becker's site a couple days ago and have had MUCH better
results. It's still throwing more errors than it should be, but it's far
fewer than the .99E driver was. It's actually usable under the .99G
driver.

Kirk Haines

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