On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:49:47PM -0700, John Galt wrote: | On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jason Price wrote: | | >I will be compiling a new kernel to add SMP support - when I do, is | >there anything special I will need to do to make sure the NIC works? | | Get the newest source possible. Tulip (to wit the LNE) was flaky through | most of the 2.2 series. IIRC they fixed it in the 2.2.18 area. I know | that 2.4 works wonders on it. |
Where did you get this information? I have been using a LinkSys LNE100TX for a couple of years now with no problems. Using kernels 2.2.12, 2.2.16, 2.2.17, 2.2.18. The tulip driver that came with 2.2.12 kernel was version 0.90 I think. The one on the floppy in the box was 0.91 (or it was the other way around). I recall reading on Donald Becker's web site(s) very recently that 0.93 would be released soon and that 0.92h was the current latest release. What *revision* of LinkSys card are you using? I had Revision 2.0. I tried to set up my card temporarily in a friend's computer and had trouble installing the driver (Win98). We searched on LinkSys' website and found that there are newer revisions of the card, up to 4.0 I think. I have also read that LinkSys first used the DEC made chip on the cards, then a Lite-On made chip (I think this is what mine uses) and now uses their own chip. All of these use the tulip driver. -D
