Re: Possible bug or flaw detected.
There is something that bothers me about your stance that there is
something wrong with the driver ... surely this woudl have been exposed
before. Are you the only 486 running a 509? You yourself say that the
same hardware works fine on another machine with the same driver.
This leads me to believe that there is something odd going on here. can
you email me a copy of your /usr/src/linux/.config file that reflects the
current state of the kernel that you have installed and running?
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote:
>
>
> A. M. Varon wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > hmmm, since the cards works with the other computers, then therefore there
> > is no problem with the card.
> >
> > I'm convinced that the driver of 3c509 is the culprit of your
> > computer(exotic?) hardware. It does'nt detect your hardware setup.
> >
> > For a more simple solution.... could you check your BIOS settings? you
> > could disable shadow support (linux does'nt use it anyway.), APM, etc. the
> > likes. Maybe, JUST maybe it will work this time.
> >
>
> I'm a step ahead (I am really QUICK aren't I?). I reconfigured my BIOS
> thinking that perhaps something in there was responsible for this problem. I
> turned off all cacheing, all shadow, set chip options for the most standard I
> could find. No go. I do not have APM, PCI Bios 32, or PnP of any kind. When
> you think of my machine, think flat 486, not many options for anything. My
> AMI BIOS is only concerned with the basics of PC configuration (hardware,
> chipset, and runtime preferences (IE Numlock on Bootup, Typematic rate, etc)).
>
> I am convinced it just may be the driver. Perhaps it needs a bit of
> retailoring to find a more generic and reliable method for detecting the 3c509
> cards. Becker willing, we may just have a solution for a LOT of the 3c509
> problems everyone has with this card.
>
>
>
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