Re: 8139too driver broken? (2.4-test12) - Was: Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-25 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
: On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:50:53 +0100, Stefan Hoffmeister wrote: >The rather major problem that >remains is performance. In case someone is interested... Windows 2000 SP1 now has the Realtek 8139 (Celeron 433, 192 MB, pure SCSI); drivers as shipped with W2K. Using a 40 MB test file over FTP, I

Re: 8139too driver broken? (2.4-test12) - Was: Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-25 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
: On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:50:53 +0100, Stefan Hoffmeister wrote: The rather major problem that remains is performance. In case someone is interested... Windows 2000 SP1 now has the Realtek 8139 (Celeron 433, 192 MB, pure SCSI); drivers as shipped with W2K. Using a 40 MB test file over FTP, I

8139too driver broken? (2.4-test12) - Was: Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-23 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
: On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:34:46 + (GMT), Alan Cox wrote: >2.2.18 might help and also as an '8139too' driver rewrite which may work Advancing further to a 2.4-test12 kernel (with the latest available 8139too driver - 0.9.12) improves the situation even further, but doesn't solve it. I still

8139too driver broken? (2.4-test12) - Was: Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-23 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
: On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:34:46 + (GMT), Alan Cox wrote: 2.2.18 might help and also as an '8139too' driver rewrite which may work Advancing further to a 2.4-test12 kernel (with the latest available 8139too driver - 0.9.12) improves the situation even further, but doesn't solve it. I still

Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-22 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
: On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:34:46 + (GMT), Alan Cox wrote: >> Questions: >> * Is the rtl8139 driver broken? > >Somewhat, especially in kernels that old We do live on Internet time, I know, but has it gotten that fast that the latest distributions ship with kernels "that old" ;-) >2.2.18

Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-22 Thread Alan Cox
> Questions: > * Is the rtl8139 driver broken? Somewhat, especially in kernels that old 2.2.18 might help and also as an '8139too' driver rewrite which may work - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-22 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
[please CC replies; I am not on the list] I have a 2.2.16 kernel on an HP Omnibook 800 CT with docking station. That docking station contains an Allied Telesyn 2500TX NIC, identified by lspci as "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)". Versions 1.07 (RedHat 7.0) and 1.08 (SuSE 7.0)

rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-22 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
[please CC replies; I am not on the list] I have a 2.2.16 kernel on an HP Omnibook 800 CT with docking station. That docking station contains an Allied Telesyn 2500TX NIC, identified by lspci as "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)". Versions 1.07 (RedHat 7.0) and 1.08 (SuSE 7.0)

Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-22 Thread Alan Cox
Questions: * Is the rtl8139 driver broken? Somewhat, especially in kernels that old 2.2.18 might help and also as an '8139too' driver rewrite which may work - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

Re: rtl8139 driver broken? (2.2.16)

2000-12-22 Thread Stefan Hoffmeister
: On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:34:46 + (GMT), Alan Cox wrote: Questions: * Is the rtl8139 driver broken? Somewhat, especially in kernels that old We do live on Internet time, I know, but has it gotten that fast that the latest distributions ship with kernels "that old" ;-) 2.2.18 might help