Re: [Etherboot-developers] Descriptor alignment question

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>I have not looked at the sundance driver in a bit, but I seem to be
>still wondering why it is so slow.  I was never sure whether the
>descriptor was properly aligned.

I think your alignment looks ok. Usually it will not work if misaligned.
What I suspect is that the method for determining if a packet is
available is not reliable.  There should be a bit that indicates there
is something in the receive buffer. If necessary you may have to look at
a different register, maybe RxStatus. This is the main difference
between interrupt and polled operation.