Bug 52447 – 3Com 3c920 NIC in Dell PC loses packets w/ 3c59x driver

Bug 52447 - 3Com 3c920 NIC in Dell PC loses packets w/ 3c59x driver

Summary:	3Com 3c920 NIC in Dell PC loses packets w/ 3c59x driver

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i586 Linux

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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Reported:	2001-08-23 15:48 EDT by Need Real Name
Modified:	2005-10-31 17:00 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-06-06 13:54:19 EDT
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Description Need Real Name 2001-08-23 15:48:05 EDT

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Description of problem:
My Dell Dimension 530 workstation with RedHat 7.1 preinstalled loses 30% 
of packets with the 3Com 3c59x driver driving a 3Com 3c920 NIC (Supposedly 
3c905C-TX compatible).

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Plug factory Dell Dimension 530 system into network
2.Watch it crawl
	

Actual Results:  Network is blindingly slow due to large packet loss.

Expected Results:  Network should have been blindingly fast.

Additional info:

3Com says that the 3c920 NIC is supported by the 3c90x driver but no such 
driver is supplied with RedHat 7.1 and I cant find a version of the driver 
that will run or compile on a 2.4.2 kernel

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2001-08-23 15:53:51 EDT

Not that it matters but I guess I should have used the word "Precision" 
wherever I used the word "Dimension" in this report.

Comment 2 Alan Cox 2003-06-06 13:54:19 EDT

Current 3c59x seems reliable

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