From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:07:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:07:08 -0400 Received: from cx97923-a.phnx3.az.home.com ([24.9.112.194]:58072 "EHLO grok.yi.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:06:55 -0400 Message-ID: <3B8B18EA.A66C2281@candelatech.com> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:07:06 -0700 From: Ben Greear Organization: Candela Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-pre4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: java programmer CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Intel e100 Ethernet card support in core Kernel In-Reply-To: <20010828035026.3091.qmail@web14203.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org java programmer wrote: > > Hi: > > There is built in support for intel cards in the > core kernel. My question is, whether using this > kernel support is the best way to drive intel cards. The intel driver is generally fast and stable, but I'm sure it's not perfect. Have you tried the eepro100 driver for this NIC? The fact that the eepro100 complains about the lockup bug, and the e100 doesn't, probably does not mean the e100 doesn't work around the bug too: Intel is just more quiet about it's hardware bugs :) I'm not sure it will help you, but I have a listing of all the cards I've tried (recently). There is a 2-port Intel based NIC on there (The Compaq one) but it may not be your particular version. It did work very well for me. Here's my ethernet NIC listing page: http://www.candelatech.com/linux_ethernet.html At any rate, you should probably send this question off to the eepro100@scyld.com mailing list, especially if you have problems with the eepro100 driver... Enjoy, Ben -- Ben Greear President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear