[realtek-bug] Re: The rtl8139.c:v1.15 8/1/2001 driver is still "locking up"

[Harald van Pee]

realtek-bug-admin@scyld.com wrote:
> 
>   The rtl8139 driver is still locking up under heavy loads.  I am
> running a Slackware 8.0 (Linux 2.2.19) with the rtl8139 driver
> updated to 1.15 (and the other required files).  The specific
> configuration involved is 1.3 GHz AMD system reading from an NFS
> drive and storing data onto a Seagate SCSI DAT drive.  After a short
> while the backup processing reports errors accessing files.  Doing
> an ifconfig up/down allows the interface to continue to work.
> 
>   I have duplicated the problem twice and am willing to test any
> changes.
> 
Hi,

I have the same experiences, see my former posting.

With Kernel 2.4.9-ac9 and 8139too I have no problems, so I will
change the kernel and driver.

Regards 
Harald