I'm not the maintainer of this driver, Thomas Bogendörfer (tsbogend@alpha.franken.de) is. You can also direct you questions to linux-net@vger.kernel.org list. /Carsten Michael Gibson wrote: > Hi Carsten, > > 1. We have applied following patch to the pcnet32 driver for kernel 2.4.17 > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0102.0/0019.html > to make the fiberoptic port work for Allied Telesyn AT-2450FTX NW card. > This card has 2 interfaces: a Fiberoptic 10Mbit (ST Inerface) and a TP > 10/100Mbit interface > We are using it togeteher with the "MC13 Ethernet Media Converter" also from > allied telesyn. > This is a media converter from fiberoptic (10MBit) to 10MBit TP. > We connected it to a 10Mbit TP HUB. > We are using the 10Mbit Fiberoptic interface of this card and it is about 30 > times slower then a normal 10Mbit TP Lan. > So IMHO that should be a driver problem and not normal. > But maybe I am wrong. > > We are also using an Allied Telesyn AT-2700FX card. > This card has only one interface: a Fiberoptic 100Mbit (ST Inerface) > We are using this one together with the "MC101XL Fast Ethernet Media > Converter" also from Allied Telesyn. > This is a media converter from fiberoptic (100MBit) to 100MBit TP. > We connected it to a 100Mbit TP switch. > This card is about the same speed as a normal 100Mbit TP card. > > Both above cards. The 10Mbit fiber and the 100Mbit fiber have exactely the > same AMD chip: PCnet Fast+, AM79C972BKC. > > Do you have any idea what could be causing the problem that the 10Mbit fiber > card is so terribly slow? > Do you want to include this fiber patch into the pcnet32 driver? > > Best regards > Michael Gibson -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
