Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:05:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:05:09 -0500 Received: from horus.its.uow.edu.au ([130.130.68.25]:59345 "EHLO horus.its.uow.edu.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:04:57 -0500 Message-ID: <3A98926A.AB1C2243@uow.edu.au> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 16:04:42 +1100 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.4.2-pre2 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Igor Mozetic CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3c59x in 2.4.{0,1,2} In-Reply-To: <14996.58045.843929.411743@ravan.camtp.uni-mb.si> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Igor Mozetic wrote: > > There is probably just some miscoordination between the kernel > mainteiners, but anyway. The 3c59x driver shipped with all > official 2.4.x kernels lacks the 'medialock' feature. > The result on 3c900 10M/combo cards can be unpleasant: > kernel log fills up quickly and only reboot helps. > However, Andrew's unofficial drivers at > http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ work fine so this is > just a plea to include them into the official kernel. The latest 3c59x driver is in the zerocopy patch, as well as at the above site. Until things converge I'd suggest that you run a zerocopy kernel rather than updating just the driver. We need the testing. Alexey has done wonders recently, and for 3com cards a zerocopy kernel now performs at least as well as a stock kernel. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/