Re: Woa! May have found something - 'rl' driver and small packets (was Re: Odd TCP glitches in new currents)

[Jonathan Lemon]

On Dec 12, 1999 at 01:41:04AM -0500, Bill Paul wrote:
> Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Matthew Dillon 
> had to walk into mine and say:
>  
> >     I'm adding Bill Paul to the list specifically.
> > 
> >     Hmm.  Now this is odd!  I think I may have found something!
> > 
> >     All of my 'rl' driver cards fail this test:
> 
> Oh sure. Bet the farm on the absolute worst NIC on the whole damn planet,
> why don't you.

Sorry, but I can't resist quoting this:

/*
 * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is
 * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible
 * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC.
 */

--
Jonathan


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