> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 09:04:54 -0500
> From: Prana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Cooker] Is this true rtl8139 vs 8139too ??
> I've been asking myself why there's this thing called "8139too" .. Why
> is there such double?? That's kind funny, not to mention that 8139too is
> kinda slow in my HP EN1207d-TX 10/100
>
> Is this argument true that 8139too changes are pointless and flawed? Can
> anybody confirm this please ->
> http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html#8139too
In my humble opinion, they are not flawed :)
There are several people for which rtl8139 does not work at all, and
this driver includes workarounds and fixes for that. There is both an
SMP race in the Tx routine (reported to Donald Becker several times), a
bug fix for when Tx errors occur (reported to Becker), and additional Rx
handling that users report is needed. In addition, using MMIO is faster
for many newer computers, even with the additional read after each
write.
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