"Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" wrote:
> <DISCLAIMER>I own one of these Linksys Adapters and it works fine, although
> I have a static IP</DISCLAIMER>
>
> I think the point that the first poster was making is that the driver doco
> explicitly states that there is an issue. So his point to avoid the tulip
> (10/100 Linksys) board is valid. Hardware is worthless without a set of
> good drivers.
>
> Larry, if you work at Linksys, perhaps you could pressure DEC (or whomever
> makes the chips) to give more/better doco to the Linux developers to solve
> this issue. IMHO, given that I've been in the Linux community for a few
> years, I think it's safe to say that persistantly unstable Linux drivers
> tend to be caused by the Hardware makers not providing good documentation.
> I'm not picking on Linksys because I own several Linksys networking products
> and I've had good experiences with them.
>
> Matt
>
No I don't work at Linksys. Sorry if my post incorrectly conveyed that. I do
agree that hardware manufactures all need to face the fact that Linux is a
valid operating system. As more and more people and the industry start using
or converting to Linux they will be forced, if by nothing else than pure
economic reasons, to provide drivers and support.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry Sword [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Careful with the Linksys 10/100 under Linux, or any 10/100
> > NIC with a "PNIC" Chip. I've been to the website of the
> > writer about two months ago, and discovered this little note:
> > >
> > > "Due to the lack? of documentation on the PNIC chip, autosensing
> > > the network" is/was not a feature of the driver the author
> > could provide.
> > >
> >
> > IAW Linksys:
> >
> > COMPATABILITY NOTE: Linksys regularly tests its network
> > adapters with Li nux, and finds that the adapters work well
> > in our testing lab. However, Linux software drivers for Linksys
> > network
> > adapters are developed independently by third-party
> > developers who support the
> > Linux open source philosophy. Linksys is not responsible for
> > guaranteeing the
> > compatibility of its adapters with Linux, since it does not
> > control how or
> > by whom network drivers are developed.
> >
> >
