Francois Romieu schrieb: > Sven Anders : >> Sven Anders wrote: > [...] >>> We have appliances with Realtek 8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) chipsets (with the >>> PCI IDs: 10ec:8139). We are using the 8139too driver (version: 0.9.28) > > The PCI revision ID is not incompatible with a 8139c(l)+. If so the 8139cp > driver may prove easier to handle at the driver programming level. It's > almost surely less commonly used though. > > I'd suggest to use both PCI information and TxConfig content to identify > Realtek's chipset. ethtool should provide the latter. > >>> According the datasheet the chipset supports Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x). >>> >>> I want to know, if the support for enabling flow control is missing in >>> the driver by purpose or is only not implemented due to lack of time? > [...] >> Can somebody of the old implementors please answer this question? > > Hint ? :o) > > This hardware is not exactly fun, especially if you do not own a c+ model > (4 Tx descriptors, a single copy-only receive buffer, really cheap...). > >> We need that feature and I'm willing to implement it, but I need the >> confirmation, that it was not done due to lack of time and not because >> will not work (correctly)... > > If you do not get an answer and the relevant bit is already set in the > eeprom, you should be able to make your own mind shortly. The comment > in the datasheet rightfully reminds that both the NIC and the peer > networking gear need to handle flow control correctly. Thanks for the long and only answer (so far)! But I still need the following statement before I implement it: [ ] It was not implemented, because I will not work! [ ] It was not implemented due to lack of time. It should work. I want to know this, because I'm not eager to waste my time... Regards Sven Anders -- Sven Anders () UTF-8 Ribbon Campaign /\ Support plain text e-mail ANDURAS intranet security AG Messestrasse 3 - 94036 Passau - Germany Web: www.anduras.de - Tel: +49 (0)851-4 90 50-0 - Fax: +49 (0)851-4 90 50-55 Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin