Re: realtek digest, Vol 1 #372 - 3 msgs

[email protected] wrote:

>From: Joel Jaeggli <[email protected]>
>To: "R. Steve McKown" <[email protected]>
>cc: [email protected], <[email protected]>
>Subject: [realtek] Re: System hang with heavy network traffic using rtl8139c
>
>try the scyld/Donald Becker driver...
>  
>
As mentioned in my message, I have experienced the lockups with both 
8139too v 0.9.22 and Dr. Becker's rtl8139 v1.18.

>The realtek 8139 chip has, a probably well deserved reputation of being
>unsuitable for high performance network applications so it may the case
>that they are simply unsuitable for your application.
>
I am concerned with system lockups.  The part has adequate performance 
for our needs.  I would be eager to hear any experiences you have had 
with the 8139 chipset relative to its reliability, solutions you used to 
resolve them, or recommendations on how/where best to examine this 
problem at the driver level.

All the best,
Steve