Hi,
this is the fix which went in 2.4.21-pre3-ac2, rediffed against 2.5.55
Rudmer
--- linux-2.5.55/drivers/net/8390.c.orig 2003-01-10 16:23:44.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.55/drivers/net/8390.c 2003-01-10 16:23:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
struct ei_device *ei_local = (struct ei_device *) dev->priv;
int length, send_length, output_page;
unsigned long flags;
+ char scratch[ETH_ZLEN];
length = skb->len;
@@ -341,7 +342,15 @@
* trigger the send later, upon receiving a Tx done interrupt.
*/
- ei_block_output(dev, length, skb->data, output_page);
+ if (length == send_length)
+ ei_block_output(dev, length, skb->data, output_page);
+ else
+ {
+ memset(scratch, 0, ETH_ZLEN);
+ memcpy(scratch, skb->data, skb->len);
+ ei_block_output(dev, ETH_ZLEN, scratch, output_page);
+ }
+
if (! ei_local->txing)
{
ei_local->txing = 1;
@@ -373,7 +382,14 @@
* reasonable hardware if you only use one Tx buffer.
*/
- ei_block_output(dev, length, skb->data, ei_local->tx_start_page);
+ if(length == send_length)
+ ei_block_output(dev, length, skb->data, ei_local->tx_start_page);
+ else
+ {
+ memset(scratch, 0, ETH_ZLEN);
+ memcpy(scratch, skb->data, skb->len);
+ ei_block_output(dev, ETH_ZLEN, scratch, ei_local->tx_start_page);
+ }
ei_local->txing = 1;
NS8390_trigger_send(dev, send_length, ei_local->tx_start_page);
dev->trans_start = jiffies;