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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx•de>
To: "Simon Stapleton" <simon@tufty•co.uk>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists•linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Wallstreet Ethernet
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 20:16:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200005081816.UAA03482@denx.local.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 May 2000 17:04:28 BST." <957801868.3916e58c8f2c3@rascal.ums.easynet.net>


In message <957801868.3916e58c8f2c3@rascal•ums.easynet.net> you wrote:
>
> I was wondering if any progress has been made on the Wallstreet /
> ethernet problems issue that was being discussed a while back?

I haven't seen anybody working on this. After the initial  discussion
(especially  with Benjamin Herrenschmidt) it seems clear that this is
a know problem which can cause Tx packets to become corrupted.

> I'm seeing the same issues - real slow connections, a shedload
> of packet collisions and occasional crashes when the disk is
> grinding.

... and probably corrupted data on outgoing connections.

> I can probably gather some more stats if that would be helpful.

Thanks, but this is probably not necessary - the problem seems clear.

> I'd have a go at hacking the code if I had the time, but I'm working
> 18+ hour days at the moment.  Such is life <sigh>.

Same for me - I don't know enough about the BMAC hardware, and  don't
have time to learn it right now.

I sent a message asking for help to Benjamin Herrenschmidt  and  Paul
Mackerras (on Monday, April 17), but got no reply yet :-(

Wolfgang Denk

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2000-05-08 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-08 16:04 Wallstreet Ethernet Simon Stapleton
2000-05-08 16:30 ` Seanano
2000-05-08 18:16 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]

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