Re: Debian 2.2 and Linksys LNE100TX - problems
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:49:47PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
| On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jason Price wrote:
|
| >I will be compiling a new kernel to add SMP support - when I do, is
| >there anything special I will need to do to make sure the NIC works?
|
| Get the newest source possible. Tulip (to wit the LNE) was flaky through
| most of the 2.2 series. IIRC they fixed it in the 2.2.18 area. I know
| that 2.4 works wonders on it.
|
Where did you get this information? I have been using a LinkSys
LNE100TX for a couple of years now with no problems. Using kernels
2.2.12, 2.2.16, 2.2.17, 2.2.18. The tulip driver that came with
2.2.12 kernel was version 0.90 I think. The one on the floppy in the
box was 0.91 (or it was the other way around). I recall reading on
Donald Becker's web site(s) very recently that 0.93 would be released
soon and that 0.92h was the current latest release.
What *revision* of LinkSys card are you using? I had Revision 2.0. I
tried to set up my card temporarily in a friend's computer and had
trouble installing the driver (Win98). We searched on LinkSys'
website and found that there are newer revisions of the card, up to
4.0 I think.
I have also read that LinkSys first used the DEC made chip on the
cards, then a Lite-On made chip (I think this is what mine uses) and
now uses their own chip. All of these use the tulip driver.
-D
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