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Re: 3c595 problems, 2.0.6, possible fix

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Koenig)
Thu Jul 18 12:02:49 1996

To: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
From: ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
Date: 	17 Jul 1996 11:53:21 +0200
Reply-To: Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de

In linux.dev.net, Ove Ewerlid <ewerlid@syscon.uu.se> wrote:

>#if 0
>	if (inw(ioaddr + TxFree) > skb->len) /* We actually have free room. */
>	  dev->tbusy = 0;			/* Fake out the check below. */
>	else
>#endif
>
>and things work much better!
>Your mileage may vary ...

I applied this to 2.0.7, and it didn't work too well:

eth0: 3Com 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps at 0x6000, 00:a0:24:57:ee:81, IRQ 10
  Internal config register is 120010, transceivers 0xe138.
  8K byte-wide RAM 1:1 Rx:Tx split, 10Mbs AUI interface.
3c59x.c:v0.25 5/17/96 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
[...]

eth0: vortex_open() InternalConfig 00120010.
eth0: vortex_open() irq 10 media status 0800.

and about four minutes later:

eth0: Infinite loop in interrupt, status e011.  Disabling functions (78ee).


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