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Re: timebomb
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Gortmaker)
Mon Jul 24 01:01:52 1995
From: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>
To: cjwoods@gigotech.net (Chris Woods)
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 10:52:42 +1000 (EST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950723102432.7127A-100000@angus.gigotech.net> from "Chris Woods" at Jul 23, 95 10:32:23 am
> We use SMC Ultra 16's, and have not a single problem. No crashes at all,
> no net lag, and no "weird" behavior. We were, at one time, using NE2000
> clones, which caused weird lockups frequently (at least 2x per week). As
> soon as we went with the SMC cards, our problems went away.
Kernels previous to 1.2.9 would do bad things to the ne2000 driver
causing these "weird lockups". If you still have the cards, they should
be usable now. (Don't be fooled by the fact that "ne.c" didn't change
in patch-1.2.9 as the fix is elsewhere.)
Paul.
