Re: [9fans] rtl8139 ether driver

[okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp]

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This problem was solved by replacing the onboard Realtek 8100BL chip
to Intel's i82557 chipped card (Intel XPRES-PRO100).   Now I'm using this
Pen 4 1.6GHz + AOpen AX4B Pro-533 mother happily as our Auth/CPU
server for Release 3 Plan 9. It must be same for Release 4, I believe. :-)

Kenji


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From: okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] rtl8139 ether driver
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:45:59 +0900
Message-ID: <20020626014705.4A7E0199E3@mail.cse.psu.edu>


I'm now forced to use rtl8139 nic for my new Auth/CPU server (
it's for 3ed not 4ed. I cannot update our system now, because it's
being used for the platform for our application, and the semester is
still going here).   it reboots once a day.  :-)

We had been using dual Pen III on SuperMicro motherboard, but it
crushed about a month ago.   Then, I changed that server to a Pen 4
mother board (1.6GHz) of AOpen AX4B Pro-533 which has on board
nic chip of Realtek 8100BL.   It seems to work fine, however, it may
have problem as above.

When I read the /sys/src/9/pc/ether8139.c, I found the lines of
"Error recovery for the various over/under-flow conditions may need work"
phrase.   Does my problem relate to this remark?

Kenji