Re: Alpha with Linux 2.2.6?


Rich Payne (rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org)
Sun, 25 Apr 1999 08:45:19 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> >
> > I am running 2.2.6 on an UX2. No known kernel problems until now. BUT
> > tulip.c is a problem for me and many other UX users.
>
> Build-in tulip on UX is indeed a PITA. It is quirky. On some boards
> it does work, on other it refuses to cooperate. Also there is a bunch
> of UX boards out there which appear to have an incorrect crystal
> for ethernet (wrong type).

Yup, it can have some serious autosensing problems. The boards with the
SUNNY crystals seem to be more reliable, I think the older crystals were
HCL.

> and it works very well. OTOH this does not say very much as this
> particular tulip card never had any hiccups with any driver from
> 0.89h up.

0.89H seems to be fairly reliable on these machines. I haven't tried the
latest version (0.91) yet.

Rich Payne
rpayne@alphalinux.org www.alphalinux.org

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