Re: Strange Problem with Realtek 8139

[Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au>]

>	I 've experienced a strange Problem with the 8139 etherboot code
>(version 4.2.6): If I connect a PS2 mouse to the pc, the systems restarts
>shortly after it entered the boot rom code ... if I disconnect the mouse
>all works fine. I tried several settings within the pci bios, disabled
>interupts for sound, hdd etc. but no effect. I used two different boards,
>a chaintech with Intel-EX and an asus with Intel-LX ...

It's probably the RTL8139 driver hitting the limits of the 32kB area
and experiencing memory corruption problems.  Try building it with no
extra options at all. (No, I don't see any obvious way to decrease the
footprint of the RTL8139 driver, it requires large buffers and at least
a certain number of them.)
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