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Re: Big problems with 8390 based cards!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Woods)
Fri Jul 14 01:44:06 1995
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 14:05:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Woods <cjwoods@gigotech.net>
To: Daniel Hollis <dhollis@hq.jcic.org>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0sVva4-000xBxC@hq.jcic.org>
On Tue, 11 Jul 1995, Daniel Hollis wrote:
> Yet another kernel crash. Completely different network card. (First one
> was a Compex 8013 clone, the current one is a Lan Professional 2000JC
> NE2000 clone.)
[...]
> 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?
Well, we use SMC Elite Ultra's, and they are as solid as can be. We used
NE2k clones for a while, but the machines with the heaviest network load
(e.g. WWW server and NNTP server with several big incoming feeds) would
crash frequently and silently, with no kernel panic; the machine would
just lock up. Replaced the NE2k's with SMC Ultra's (still only 16-bit),
and they are solid as a rock now.
FYI: Kernel on the news server is 1.2.5. Compiled and installed 1.2.10,
but since it's stable, I'd like to just leave it up as long as possible.
The kernel on the WWW servers is 1.2.10.
Chris Woods cjwoods@gigotech.net
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