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Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:52:03 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To:	linux-realtek@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov,
Subject: ANN: 8139too second public beta release

Another release of 8139too is unleashed upon the world...  If you missed
the first announcement, 8139too is an improved (hacked) rtl8139 driver,
with many improvements for stability and speed.  Some people have
reported a _10%_ performance improvement over the existing available
drivers.

Available at:  http://gtf.org/garzik/drivers/8139too/

Changes, from README.txt:

* Begin integration of Daniel Kobras' MMIO flush patch (disabled for
now)
* Softnet logic updates to fix bugs and improve performance
* Dynamic sizing of I/O resources (0x80 for older chips, 0xFF for newer
ones)
* Remove bogus SiS entries from PCI probe table
* Add support for cards
        "Delta Electronics 8139 10/100BaseTX"
        "Addtron Technolgy 8139 10/100BaseTX"
* Fix major bug with rx ring buffer size (also present in rtl8139.c
1.08r)
* PCI DMA mapping by Dave Miller
* Complete rewrite of SMP locking logic
* Hotplug support
* Call rtl8139_hw_start from rtl8139_open, and remove duplicated code
from rtl8139_open
* Reset NWay registers to sane defaults on rtl8139_open/hw_start
* Miscellaneous code cleanup

-- 
Jeff Garzik              |
Building 1024            | Viva la open source!
MandrakeSoft, Inc.       |

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