[vortex] 3Com 3c59x driver problem

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Robert Perry wrote:

> ... chip to be "3Com 3c920 (3c905c-tx compatible)".  Linux
> runs, but everything network related is painfully slow.  When starting
> telnet or ftp functions, the system will hang for 2-3 minutes before
> finally making the connection.  During ftp operations, the screen is
> streaming messages and, what appears to be, register dumps.  The message
> indicates something to do with "bus mastering".

The logs that you have posted do not show any kind of problem.
Can you please post the actual "register dumps". Please check
/var/log/messages and/or 'dmesg' output to find any error message related
to the network driver.

Sincerely,

Bogdan Costescu

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