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Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3+sk98lin driver with hardware bug make eth unusable
From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>
To: Ricardo Galli <gallir@uib.es>
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On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:01, Ricardo Galli wrote:
> I've already reported this problem to syskonnect few weeks ago (without 
> success as I see). 
> 
> There is a ASIC bug in several popular motherboards (including ASUS ones) 
> related to TX hardware checksum. 
> 
> For packets smaller that 56 bytes (payload), as UDP dns queries, the asic 
> generates a bad checksum making the drivers unusable for "normal" Internet 
> usage:
> 

<snip>

> The only solution is to comment out
>  #define USE_SK_TX_CHECKSUM
> in skge.c
> 

Known issue.

Mirko will have a look as soon as he have time.


Cheers,

-- 
Martin Schlemmer