On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Fredrik Nilsson wrote:
> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 02:58:42 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Fredrik Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Problems with a Macronix MX98715 / MX98725 (rev 32) ethernetcard
>
> Hi!
> I have just bought a ethernetcard (10/100Mbit PNP), NE2000 PCI
No 10/100 card is NE2000 compatible.
The NE2000 design is badly designed and slow by today's standards.
> so I tried with all the other devices instead and found that DECchip
> Tulip(tulip.o) worked just fine, btw here is what the syslog says after I
> inserted the tulip.o module into the kernel.
>
> Sep 4 03:24:22 galilei kernel: tulip.c:v0.89H 5/23/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm running kernel 2.2.12
Note: this is a modified version, not the real v0.89H
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
This bug was not in the original v0.89H.
Get the updated driver
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
and follow the directions in
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html
If you are running 2.3.* you will want the even newer driver version from
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/index.html
Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences.
Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. 20771
301-286-0882 http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/people/becker/whoiam.html
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