[vortex] Possible FAQ: 3c905C driver

[David Fries]

What does it take to get them back into the working condition?  What
motherboard/processor are you using with them?

I have one 3c905B in a Dual Pentium system, and another in a FIC va
503 motherboard with a K6-2 processor.

The K6-2 processor will reduce the amount of networking or drop it
if what I've observed, when it is receiving data at the same time the
video card is being updated.  I have to re-load the network module for
it to work again.

On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:17:36AM +1000, Sam Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Firstly, apologies as this maybe a FAQ ...
> 
> We have 3 hosts with 2 3Com 3c905C-TX Tornado (Rev 74) in each. One card
> is connected to a 3Com switch, the other on an (unused) private network.
> 
> We currently run the driver that comes with RedHat's kernel 2.2.16-3
> (3Com's 1.0.0d). We've experienced some random weirdness with networking
> (in general) recently, including an apparent "dropping dead" of the
> network driver under load (namely restarting named). Sorry, no output
> specific to this problem at this stage :(
> 
> Anyway, to start at the basics, which is the best driver to be using
> (mainly, in terms of stability)?
> 
> o 3com's 1.0.0d (as in RedHat kernel 2.2.16-3)
> o 3Com's 1.0.0i
> o Andrew Morton's 16Aug00 (as in 2.2.17-pre17)
> o Andrew Morton's 24May00 (as in RedHat kernel 2.2.16-3)
> o Donald Becker's v0.99Qk 7/5/2000
> o Donald Becker's v0.99Ra 8/7/2000
> 
> Any help is appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
> 
> 
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