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Messages - nickk

#1
Check the mtpsync tool on hobbes.
#2
The 0.0.4 version of nveth driver at hobbes. It includes detailed switches explanations ;)
#3
The switches for nveth are documented in nveth.inf file. Here follows some explanations thus people become wondering ;)

MODE switch - i think the nif file gives complete explanations - its the speed to work on
OPTIMIZE - there are two modes of driver work - with throughput optimization and without, this optimization is just a strategy of interrupt processing. It came from forcedeth linux sources and you can study the sources for yourself for more info. I do not have the hardware to test the driver, so its you to try which setting suits best for you.
TIMER - nvidia adapter has special interrupt driven by its internal timer. This switch switches on and off enabling of this interrupt. Switching off will reduce the number of interrupts generating by the driver thus lowering system load, but it also could increase the latency in processing the rx/tx queues. Its up to you to find out whats is the best for you ;)
LINK_TIMER - if on driver periodically queries HW chip for the actual link speed and resetup the chip according to it.
RXCHAIN - the os/2 ndis drivers has two methods to pass received data to the protocol (tcpip and others) - receive chain and receive lookahead. The first one should be better. This option was introduced for testing reasons, now driver seems to work fine in both ways, so you can safely leave the switch as is.

The general recomendation - turn the swicthes if only you got any problems.
#4
Version 0.0.3 is on hobbes.
I forgot to add promiscous mode support, so the VPC virtual switch, which relies on promisc mode to run, didnt work well.
Now it is done and i have one positive feedback on it. If anyone else use VPC with virtual switch, please test new driver and let me know if its ok.
#5
I have 8052 chip on my mainbord too and was going to write the driver, although i am not sure i'll have enough time before my vacation to complete ;)
#6
NVETH 0.0.2 version on hobbes. Sources included