[Linux-ia64] eepro100 and nfs - mission impossible ?

[Linux-ia64] eepro100 and nfs - mission impossible ?

[Jan Schreckenbach]

Hello,

the problems with the eepro100 driver in conjunction with NFS
driving me mad. I'm using NFS very heavy for compiling and installing
(both: autofs and hand mounted shares).
Processes often hanging while accessing files on NFS shares (I have
seen a cp process hanging after aprox. 100MB on exactly the same point 
of the file, regardless how often I tried). 
I use Lion's with BIOS 76 with the latest SuSE and Red Hat distros. 
The e100 driver does not work as well.
Are there any chances to get it running???

cu,
Jan

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Re: [Linux-ia64] eepro100 and nfs - mission impossible ?

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:18:39 +0200, Jan Schreckenbach <Jan.Schreckenbach@sap.com> said:

  Jan> Hello, the problems with the eepro100 driver in conjunction
  Jan> with NFS driving me mad. I'm using NFS very heavy for compiling
  Jan> and installing (both: autofs and hand mounted shares).
  Jan> Processes often hanging while accessing files on NFS shares (I
  Jan> have seen a cp process hanging after aprox. 100MB on exactly
  Jan> the same point of the file, regardless how often I tried).  I
  Jan> use Lion's with BIOS 76 with the latest SuSE and Red Hat
  Jan> distros.  The e100 driver does not work as well.  Are there any
  Jan> chances to get it running???

This is *not* a problem with the eepr100 driver.  It's a bug in the
eepro firmware.  A relatively easy workaround is to install your own
network adapter and ignore the built-in one.

	--david

Re: [Linux-ia64] eepro100 and nfs - mission impossible ?

[Johannes Erdfelt]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001, David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:18:39 +0200, Jan Schreckenbach <Jan.Schreckenbach@sap.com> said:
> 
>   Jan> Hello, the problems with the eepro100 driver in conjunction
>   Jan> with NFS driving me mad. I'm using NFS very heavy for compiling
>   Jan> and installing (both: autofs and hand mounted shares).
>   Jan> Processes often hanging while accessing files on NFS shares (I
>   Jan> have seen a cp process hanging after aprox. 100MB on exactly
>   Jan> the same point of the file, regardless how often I tried).  I
>   Jan> use Lion's with BIOS 76 with the latest SuSE and Red Hat
>   Jan> distros.  The e100 driver does not work as well.  Are there any
>   Jan> chances to get it running???
> 
> This is *not* a problem with the eepr100 driver.  It's a bug in the
> eepro firmware.  A relatively easy workaround is to install your own
> network adapter and ignore the built-in one.

You are absolutely correct in the diagnosis of the problem.

BIOS 79 fixes this problem. I haven't checked if it is released yet.

JE