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Re: Big problems with 8390 based cards!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Jul 13 21:23:45 1995
From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
To: dhollis@hq.jcic.org (Daniel Hollis)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:54:42 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0sVva4-000xBxC@hq.jcic.org> from "Daniel Hollis" at Jul 11, 95 11:47:36 pm
> problem, the system once came to a halt printing thousands of "eth0: Tx
> request while isr active" messages. The keyboard locked and I had to hit
> the reset button.
>
> Apparently, any 8390 based card is not going to be stable with Linux. So
> here's the big question:
>
> Which card is >>>the most stable<<< under Linux? With the 8390 drivers in
> the state they are, that disqualifies any 80x3 and NEx000 card. My guess is
> it's some 3COM 3509 or other card?
I've had no trouble with WD80x3 cards, nor since going 1.2.5->1.2.11 with the
NE2000, and I use them very intensively including things like burst
performance testing.
3c509's also seem very very stable.
Alan
