rtl8139 drivers

rtl8139 drivers

[Greg Swallow]

Hello,

I just installed linux on a box with a builtin Realtek 8139 chipset. 
Using the 8139too.o module caused all kinds of performance problems, and
there are  suspicious statements in the 8139too.txt file:

THIS DRIVER IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE FOR A DEVELOPMENT KERNEL.  DO NOT
USE IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT.

However, I've used Donald Becker's rtl8139 driver in the past without
issues, and I'm using them now with v2.4.10.  I would like to request
that the stable code go back in place, please -- perhaps users can
choose between rtl8139 and 8139too?

Thanks!

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Re: rtl8139 drivers

[bill davidsen]

In article <3BD48BAD.4936C0E6@www.IN.gov>,
Greg Swallow <gswallow@www.IN.gov> wrote:

| I just installed linux on a box with a builtin Realtek 8139 chipset. 
| Using the 8139too.o module caused all kinds of performance problems, and
| there are  suspicious statements in the 8139too.txt file:
| 
| THIS DRIVER IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE FOR A DEVELOPMENT KERNEL.  DO NOT
| USE IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT.
| 
| However, I've used Donald Becker's rtl8139 driver in the past without
| issues, and I'm using them now with v2.4.10.  I would like to request
| that the stable code go back in place, please -- perhaps users can
| choose between rtl8139 and 8139too?

  I think you take that warning a bit too seriously... However, if you
are having problem please report, don't just find some old code (which
was dropped because it didn't support many current cards) and forget it.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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his ass. If he lived in the middle ages he'd wear his codpiece backward.