Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 13:15:41 -0400 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xl driver for 3Com Message-ID: <199905281819.OAA08540@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <199905281629.JAA00857@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Fri, 28 May 1999 10:57:19 EDT." <199905281600.MAA07798@etinc.com>
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At 09:29 AM 5/28/99 -0700, you wrote: >> At 02:58 PM 5/28/99 +0200, you wrote: >> >Hi there hackers. >> >I need to hack the driver file if_xl.c to do the following : >> >-> Detect the first 3Com card normally. >> >-> All cards hereafter must only be able to receive packets, not >> >transmit them. >> >Does anybody know how i can achieve this by changes in the file if_xl.c >> > >> >Even if you could point me to a specific subroutine it would be >> >appreciated. >> >Thanyou in advance >> >> Note that this card/driver seems to have serious problems under heavy load. >> Just so you know. > >It does? Have you spoken to Bill Paul about it? I dunno what it is, but we've had customers experiencing packet loss at high usage on 100Mb's nets...and the problem goes away when replacing them with intels. I dont know the details. Dennis > >-- >\\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith >\\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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