Bug 22257 – RTL8139

Bug 22257 - RTL8139

Summary:	RTL8139

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael K. Johnson
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Reported:	2000-12-13 12:53 EST by Nicolas CROISET
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:30 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-06-05 18:44:43 EDT
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Description Nicolas CROISET 2000-12-13 12:53:12 EST

Hello,

if I make a big ftp the network stop, I must do the command /etc/init.d/network restart.

On the website : http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html, this bug had been solve.

Bye.

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2000-12-14 03:49:02 EST

There is a new rtl8139 driver (8139too) that has been tested in 2.4 and is
backported to 2.2.
Jeff Garzik is maintaining this driver and it is included in 2.2.18. This driver
solves a lot (but not all)
of the problems this card causes. Several versions of rtl8139 still have trouble
when using a hub (as opposed
to a switch or a direct connection via a cross-cable), but that seems to be a
hardware issue and only results
in 1 or 2 seconds of no-network.

It might very well be possible to use this driver with the stock 2.2.16-22
kernel, I'll look into that tomorrow if
you want.

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