Re: [linux-kernel] Via-Rhine ethernet driver problem?

Re: [linux-kernel] Via-Rhine ethernet driver problem?

[walt]

Jörg Mensmann wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Did you find a solution for that problem? I think I'm currently fighting
> with the same issues.
> 
> walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>>ECS K7VTA3 motherboard with built-in ethernet chip:
>>The problem is terrible performance -- I noticed that NFS file transfers grind
>>to a complete halt almost immediately on this machine.

Roger Luethi (the maintainer) sent me this patch which works great for me:

--- via-rhine.c.orig	2004-04-12 19:27:41.000000000 +0200
+++ via-rhine.c	2004-04-14 19:09:29.860264907 +0200
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@
  					netif_carrier_on(dev);
  				else
  					netif_carrier_off(dev);
+				break;
  			}
  		}
  		np->mii_cnt = phy_idx;