Re: [Etherboot-developers] A new year deserves a new driver

[Marty C. <md...@et...>]

On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 11:18  AM, Timothy Legge wrote:
> I have committed the initial implementation of the sundance driver to
> the 5.1 cvs.

Congratulations! Many thanks for your work.

> Issues:
> For some reason, it is extremely slow, taking 5 minutes to obtain its
> own driver from the dhcp server.  I have not been able to track down 
> the
> issue.  Any thoughts?

tcpdump and/or ethereal coupled with some detective work will likely 
help.
I don't think I have a sundance card, but if you tell me where I can 
get one, I could help you. If you can suggest a vendor (web/online is 
fine), I'll be happy to order one.

I'd probably try to get it working in 5.0.8 before 5.1.x, just because 
the code is a bit more tested, but with drivers, one bit in a bitmask 
being off can significantly affect the result. I bet a few more pairs 
of eyes on the code will quickly find the problem. Thanks again for you 
help.

Regards,

Marty

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