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From: Ion Badulescu <ion@cs.columbia.edu>
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To: Robbert Kouprie <robbert@radium.jvb.tudelft.nl>
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Subject: Re: eepro100.c bug on 10Mbit half duplex (kernels 2.4.5 / 2.4.10 /
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Robbert Kouprie wrote:

> Mine says rev 9 :)
> 
> radium:/# lspci -v -d 8086:1229
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]
> (rev 09)
>         Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0011
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
>         Memory at da020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>         I/O ports at c800 [size=64]
>         Memory at da000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>         Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M]
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

That's an 82559ER step A.

> > eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, DE:AD:BA:BE:CA:FE, IRQ 10.
> >  Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
> >  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> My card DOES NOT have the receiver lock-up bug 

Your card's eeprom claims otherwise. The eeprom is most likely wrong, but 
again, the workaround for *this* bug is pretty harmless, whether the bug 
exists or not.

Ion

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  It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool,
            than to open it and remove all doubt.




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