Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:57:46 +0100 From: Peter van Dijk <peter@dataloss.net> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress support? Message-ID: <20001031175746.E260@dataloss.net> In-Reply-To: <20001031105711.M25237@speedy.gsinet>; from Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:57:11AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0010242138180.28000-100000@mail.clones.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010260053110.623-200000@sasami.jurai.net> <20001031000855.C260@dataloss.net> <20001031105711.M25237@speedy.gsinet>
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:57:11AM +0100, Gerhard Sittig wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 00:08 +0100, Peter van Dijk wrote: > > > > Without looking at any of your code, I would kindly like to ask > > you not to look at the Linux driver for eexpress too much - > > it's severely broken and has all kinds of timing problems that > > can crash boxes at predictable moments (some boxes crash when > > you ifconfig, some crash when you run tcpdump [probably on the > > switch to PROMISC]). Slower boxes seem to work better. > > Which driver version are you talking about? I didn't follow this > stuff too closely (my EEPro100 always worked when not sitting in > an Asus SP3 board which has problems of its own regarding PCI) [snip] We're talking about the old eexpress cards, not the eepro's. eepro's rock :) Greetz, Peter -- dataloss networks '/ignore-ance is bliss' - me 'Het leven is een stuiterbal, maar de mijne plakt aan t plafond!' - me To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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