RTL8139 problem

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From: Rowan Hughes
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:00

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I have two RTL8139A clone NICs (brand=Spirit Modems) that don't
work very well with 2.0.X or 2.2.X drivers. Both drivers recognize
the cards and give no error messages, and Becker's RTL8139 diagnostic
test says the card is OK. The card sends/receives a few hundred
bytes and then locks up for several mins. Both cards have been tried
on 100B and 10B, full and half-duplex, lines and in several machines,
all with the same result--it's not a H/W problem.  Spirit have told me
that they've not modified the chipset in any way, except for the PCI ID.

Any ideas?
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From: hughesr@nrpc.dnr.qld.gov.au (Rowan Hughes)
Subject: RTL8139 problem
Date: 1999/05/04
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