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

David Mosberger
2001-06-18T14:45:52Z

>>>>> 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