[eepro100] EEpro100, Red Hat 7.1, wait_for_cmd_done timeout errors

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Mon Jan 6 18:34:01 2003


On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, John Madden wrote:

> Subject: Re: [eepro100] EEpro100, Red Hat 7.1,
>      wait_for_cmd_done timeout errors
> 
> >> This bug hit us pretty hard too.  I've looked around, and haven't seen
> >>  anywhere that points to a direct solution.
> >
> >> So either there isn't one, or I just haven't found it yet.
> >
> > Have your tried the driver from scyld yet?
> 
> Does it actually fix the problem?
> And what actually causes the problem? 

There is not a single bug, but this fixes some of the problems.

> And why isn't this driver in the 2.4.x kernel source?

Political reasons, repeatedly hashed on the kernel mailing list.

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