From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:27:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:27:30 -0400 Received: from colorfullife.com ([216.156.138.34]:34822 "EHLO colorfullife.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:27:17 -0400 Message-ID: <3B912895.B1635495@colorfullife.com> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 20:27:33 +0200 From: Manfred Spraul X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.8-ac1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nuno Miguel Fernandes Sucena Almeida CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: natsemi.c (linux 2.4.9) - Something Wicked happened! 18000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > After > installing the driver module for this card and connecting with a > cross-cable to another card (tested with 10Mbps 3com509 and 100Mbps > IntelPro) after the first ping a get the error: Which compiler do you use? gcc-2.95-1 is known to miscompile the current linux driver, and at least one 2.95-2 prerelease snapshot. egcs-1.1.2 and gcc-2.96-85 are ok. I've just stress tested the driver from 2.4.9 - no problems at all. 9 MB/s receive, 7 MB/s send with Cyrix 6x68L 120MHz. I have a workaround, but probably upgrading gcc is the better solution. -- Manfred