linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] dm9601 driver won't init device properly

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Date:	Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:44:41 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Bob Tracy <rct@...rkin.frus.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-net@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] dm9601 driver won't init device properly

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:57:36 CDT, Bob Tracy said:
> I've got one of the inexpensive Davicom DM9601 USB to fast Ethernet
> devices, commonly available on eBay for under $10 including shipping.
> It works fairly well in a WinXP environment with a MTU of 1000: 1500
> and 1492 are confirmed not working, and values between 1000 and 1492
> have not been tested at this point.

Wow. An "ethernet" card that won't do an MTU of 1500 even under Windows.  May I
add this to my gallery of examples I use when people say "no vendor could
*possibly* ship hardware that fscked up"? :)


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