On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, hpj wrote:
> I use 3 of them full-duplex & bonded in one smp-server, running
> 2.0.36pre17. Now it seems to work fine (getting (smp-related)
> freezes before)
>
> In the diskless Linux workstations, I had some probs with that
> card and netboot, because netboot uses packet drivers during
> boot process. But this f****** packet driver don't care about the
> card setting (nway auto negotiation -> resulting full duplex)
> and forced them half-duplex. This confused the switch
> (Intel 510), and caused unpredictable boot habits...
How can I set the IRQ and FD to my 3C905b-tx card?
When I boot DOS I force 100 and Full-Duplex but when I hard reboot I see
(on the switch that I am in HD).
>
> After configuring them to half duplex, all ws booting & running
> fine, fast and quiet. Folks are happy with them now... (I haven't
> tried to switch the linux driver to FD, yet)
>
> BTW: Did anybody have some code ready, to flash the (any) eeprom
> on this card per software? Mail me, please...
>
> Concluding, 3Com seems to be more successful in marketing skills,
> then in technical ones (only 8 KB packet-buffer, others have 64 KB)
> If you need a 100Mb card only, there are (cheaper) alternatives.
>
> Hans-Peter
>
>
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