[realtek] rtl8139 in a 486?

[Luca Olivetti]

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> ...
> > this problem). The problem is that after the first megabyte (more or less) the 
> > reception of data is *very* slow.
> 
> Does the card work fine in the beginning?

Yes it does (tested at 10Mbps, since it's all what I need), at least it seems, 
for the first megabyte or so, then it receives 1K every 4 or 5 seconds. No 
errors are reported (at least I couldn't see any with ifconfig, /proc/dev/net 
and /var/log/messages).

> If so, the card could be set back to the fast state.
[...]
> The easy answer is "it won't work".
> 
> The true answer is that it's usually possible to get v2.1 products working,
> but they usually require setting limits (such as burst limits) that wouldn't
> be needed on a PCI v2.0 or later system.  And the changed settings are
> likely specific to the chipset used.  In short, it's a driver writer's
> nightmare.

Any suggestion on which parameters to tweak (I already tried with RX_DMA_BURST 
 1 and, in a desperate attempt, with 6)?
Never mind, I'll get an ISA card (if I can find it) and keep this one for the 
next pc.
Thank you again.

Bye
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