I'll test it out tonight and get back to you on it.
Thanks,
Nathan
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 04:43:20PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Nathan Ingersoll wrote:
> > Not at one of those machines presently, and I don't recall the specific model
> > atm, but it uses the de4x5 or tulip drivers.
>
> Does this patch help?
>
> --- linux-ppc-2.4.21/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c.orig Fri Jun 13 18:05:48 2003
> +++ linux-ppc-2.4.21/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c Fri Jun 13 21:25:50 2003
> @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
> dev->if_port = 2 - dev->if_port;
> } else
> dev->if_port = 0;
> - else
> + else if (dev->if_port != 0 || (csr12 & 0x0004) != 0)
> dev->if_port = 1;
> tulip_select_media(dev, 0);
> }
>
> > The fix I've seen in the past was to buffer the descriptors to 32 bytes
> > (cache line size?). I've had to do the same for the epic100 driver when
> > using it in that machine.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:22:14AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Zach Archer wrote:
> > > > >Also, what ethernet card are you using? the onboard one?
> > > >
> > > > Yep, it's the onboard one.
> > >
> > > What type is the onboard?
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> -- Linus Torvalds
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