Re: [vortex, eepro100] True on TRANSMIT ERROR TIMEOUT

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tres Hofmeister wrote:
>         Indeed.  I'm in the same boat as "Brian."  I've tried everything
> I can think of to keep our web server up.  In the end, it's looking like
> the answer is using watchdog(8) to monitor the Ethernet interface, with
> a repair script which reinitializes it when it fails.  I've currently
> got a NetGear Tulip card in the machine, but I've had problems with
> the vortex and eepro100 drivers as well.

Problems with the Tulip driver nonwithstanding, the NetGear cards are
awful :/  They use an ancient chip design that should have never seen
the light of day in the first place.  You're far better off finding a
better Tulip clone or a using a card w/ a real Tulip chip on it.

        Jeff



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