Re: 2.2.11 and tulip.c issues
Bernd Kaindl (bk@suse.de)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:09:57 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Christopher E. Brown wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Christopher E. Brown wrote:
>
> > Here, NFS stops after a while with 0.89H 75% of my cards are affected,
> > like yours.
> >
> > As said, a test with 0.89H gave same results here: On 7 from 9
> > Systems, a network install of a default Linux system was not possible.
> > NFS halted here. 0.90 worked well on all these systems.
> >
> > In case you don´t have 0.90, it is in 2.0.37 and I´should have diff for
> > 2.2.11 at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/bk/kernel/for-2.2.11/tulip-0.90.diff
> > within 24 hours.
> >
> > Also, there is a 0.91g tulip.c, which is quite good hidden in the second
> > part of a link on the tulip development page.
> > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
>
>
> There are 2 problems,
>
> 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 have noticed the same with 2.3.x (tried 2.3.13 also).
BTW: The 0.89H version (with the small fix) from 2.2.11 in 2.2.9
on a Ruffian Alpha works now. Prior no tulip driver worked.
- Bernd
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