Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:30:01 -0800 (PST) From: "John Fitzgibbon" <fitz@jfitz.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/16214: Driver for Intel EtherExpress 16 is unreliable, (if_ie.c) Message-ID: <200001200330.TAA68812@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/16214; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "John Fitzgibbon" <fitz@jfitz.com> To: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: i386/16214: Driver for Intel EtherExpress 16 is unreliable, (if_ie.c) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:21:53 -0800 Both driver and board are doing fine - see the (2 line) fix at http://www.jfitz.com/tips/freebsd_etherexpress16.html I'm still not 100% sure why the delay I added fixes the problem - I'm guessing its related to incoming interrupts while the driver is attempting to disable them. I wasn't about to start dissecting ancient spec sheets to try and figure it all out. I'd also suspect that similar problems I've seen reported with linux drivers can be fixed in the same way. BTW, I got my 2 EtherExpress cards for $1 each, so I guess I'm up about $8 on hardware :-) Unfortunately, I'm probably down a few hundred $$'s if I count the time I spent looking at the problem :-( Fitz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: <fitz@jfitz.com> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 6:54 PM Subject: i386/16214: Driver for Intel EtherExpress 16 is unreliable, (if_ie.c) > <<On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:02:04 -0800 (PST), fitz@jfitz.com said: > > >> Synopsis: Driver for Intel EtherExpress 16 is unreliable, (if_ie.c) > > Driver for Intel EtherExpress 16 is piece of crap. (I can say that > because I wrote it. It was my first device driver.) > > Intel EtherExpress16 is also piece of crap. Be nice to yourself and > buy a $5 NE2000 clone.... > > -GAWollman > > -- > Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same > wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom > Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame > MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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