Re: Still RTL8139 Problems (combination with ps2 mouses)

[Jim McQuillan <jam@McQuil.com>]

Ken,

I'm using rtl8139 etherboot code on smc1211tx cards, and it's been
working
fine for me.  We are using ps/2 mice with no problem at all.

We did find that a Logitech M-S35 3-button mouse wouldn't work with an
Asus
MES-N motherboard, but that had nothing to do with Etherboot.

Jim McQuillan
jam@ltsp.org

Ken Yap wrote:
> 
> >> >I'm still a little confused, how the improvement came from out of version
> >> >4.2.9 to 4.2.10 and why it isn't able to tftp ...
> >>
> >> I think it was random. It could have just as easily become worse if the
> >> wrong part of the stack was destroyed.
> >>
> >> What about other models of NICs, do they have the same problem? If they
> >> do then it's a strong possibility that the BIOS is using some memory
> >> just under 640k.
> >
> >Hm, I tried a NE2000-PCI clone (rtl8029) with 4.2.9 etherboot, no problem
> >with ps2 mouse ... tftp starts and systems works fine. Other NICs were not
> >at hand.
> 
> I have one report from Petr Kristof that RTL8139 works for him. I forgot
> to ask you if you removed all the extra #defines when compiling the
> RTL8139 ROM image, if the footprint is close to or > 32kB it may cause
> heap/stack collision with unpredictable results.
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