From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Erdfelt Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:39:09 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] eepro100 and nfs - mission impossible ? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 18, 2001, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:18:39 +0200, Jan Schreckenbach 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