Hello,

> I am using a RTK 8139 at 10MB and the porblem is not the performance
> itself. It is that the kernel gives DMA probelms and disconnects the
> card for some time, making network operation intermittent. It usually
> happens when network loard is high )even if not directed to the
> computer, just network load...). It is tedious.

Hmm, I had one of these things in a x86 box running 1.6 - absolutely no problems, performance wasn't stellar but not too shabby either, it was connected to a 10/100MBit switch and ran in full duplex mode.

have fun
Michael