Call for testers - dc ethernet driver patch

[Wiktor Niesiobedzki]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:32:23AM -0800, Don Lewis wrote:
> The dc driver has been broken ever since it was converted to use busdma.
> The symptoms are that it reports spurious output errors and collisions,
> even when running in full-duplex mode.  I believe the patch below fixes
> the problem, but I do not have the appropriate hardware to test it.  I
> have had one gotten one report so far from someone who claims this patch
> fixed the problems he was seeing.  I'd appreciate further testing of
> this patch, especially with as many of the chipsets supported by the
> driver as possible so that I can commit this patch.  Please mention the
> type of hardware you are using (machine architecture and card probe
> message) in your reports. This is somewhat time critical because I've
> had users express interest in getting this into 5.2.
I may confirm:
i386 - dc0: <3Com OfficeConnect 10/100B> port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem
0xdffff800-0xdffffbff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci0

Before - Coll=90%*Opkts
Now - Coll=0 and Opkts=51426


Cheers and thanks,

Wiktor Niesiobedzki