Problems with LinkSys 10/100 cards

[Douglas Eadline]

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Brian Denheyer wrote:

> >>>>> "Douglas" == Douglas Eadline <deadline@plogic.com> writes:
> 
> This driver is not happy.
> 
> netperf and netpipe can both cause strange error messages from the
> driver :
> 
> 1. eth0: too much work during an interrupt, csr5=0x026980d0
> 2. eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers, status 26cca300!
> 
> I see message 2 A LOT especially when running netpipe.

I assume this is with the patched driver.
> 
> Aaaargh ! I seem to get different results all the time. On numerous
> occasions I have seen the driver stop working properly after running
> netpipe.  Sometimes netpipe won't even run correctly, I get message #2
> and then that's all folks, remove tulip and reload it.  I have seen
> this behavior under windoze, transfers via samba die and windows says
> it can't complete the transfer.

> 
> Netperf seems to be much more reliable but I have seen dependency on
> what I run and when, i.e. netperf first or netpipe first, etc...
> 
> Anyway I managed to find a copy of the datasheet for the PNIC part, so
> maybe I can make more headway.
> 
> I have seen transfer rates as high as 67Mbit/s, when things are
> working, so I guess the cards are working properly ??
With netperf I get 95-96 Mbit/sec with both UDP and TCP.
With netpipe it seems to top about at about 91 Mbit/s

Doug
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