[vortex] v0.99X 3c59x.c available for use

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Fri Jun 21 15:47:00 2002


This is a release to
   Fix Tx queue full behavior.
   Added more jumbo frame support.

It's available in the usual place:
 ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/test/3c59x.c

I've also made this a standard release:
 ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/3c59x.c
 http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html

3c59x.c:v0.99X 6/21/2002

Additional support for transmitting jumbo frames.
 - wn3_mac_ctrl register
 - SetTxStart command

Improved the behavior and reliability of Tx queue under heavy load:
   Increased the Tx timeout from two to six seconds.
   Added the enable of tx polling mode after a reset.
   Changed the Tx-queue-full code.
   Added a four slot hysteresis before marking the Tx queue as available.



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