Tulip (LiteOn) gives ontinuous "Transmit timed-out" messages

[Donald Becker]

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Ron Flory wrote:

> Donald Becker wrote:
> > This is the new Lite-On PNIC-II chip.
> > You'll need the v0.99g or later driver to work properly with this chip.
> >
> > ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
> 
>  Before I posted my original message I noticed that directory, and the
> tulip.c file, however that file appears to be an older version:
> 
>    "tulip.c:v0.91g 7/16/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov\n"
> 
>  .91g instead of .99g; maybe this is just a typo in the version msg. 

Yes, that was a typo.  Try v0.91g

>  I also looked into .../pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/tulip.c, but its date
> and version number reads:
>    "tulip.c:v0.91u 10/15/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov\n"
>  this is clearly a very recent file.  Is the file you meant to be used?

Either will work.  The v0.91u driver fixes and changes things you don't care
about.  (And my internal version is named v0.91v++3.)

Donald Becker
Scyld Computing Corporation, and
USRA-CESDIS,   becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov