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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 13:15:41 -0400
From:      Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xl driver for 3Com 
Message-ID:  <199905281819.OAA08540@etinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905281629.JAA00857@dingo.cdrom.com>
References:  <Your message of "Fri, 28 May 1999 10:57:19 EDT."             <199905281600.MAA07798@etinc.com>

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At 09:29 AM 5/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>> At 02:58 PM 5/28/99 +0200, you wrote:
>> >Hi there hackers.
>> >I need to hack the driver file if_xl.c to do the following :
>> >-> Detect the first 3Com card normally.
>> >-> All cards hereafter must only be able to receive packets, not
>> >transmit them.
>> >Does anybody know how i can achieve this by changes in the file if_xl.c
>> >
>> >Even if you could point me to a specific subroutine it would be
>> >appreciated.
>> >Thanyou in advance
>> 
>> Note that this card/driver seems to have serious problems under heavy load.
>> Just so you know.
>
>It does?  Have you spoken to Bill Paul about it?

I dunno what it is, but we've had customers experiencing packet loss at
high usage on 100Mb's nets...and the problem goes away when replacing them
with intels. I dont know the details.

Dennis
>
>-- 
>\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
>\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
>\\    -- Joseph Merrick           \\  msmith@cdrom.com
> 


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