Using this patch and adding the following entry to the modules.conf file
on the computers on either side of my PLIP link makes the connection
work nicely:
# Because my laptop is so slow.
options plip trigger_wait=50000 nibble_wait=300000
Here is the patch:
================================================================================
--- plip.c Tue Feb 13 16:15:05 2001
+++ /tmp/linux/drivers/net/plip.c Thu Apr 12 16:07:07 2001
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@
#define PLIP_DELAY_UNIT 1
/* Connection time out = PLIP_TRIGGER_WAIT * PLIP_DELAY_UNIT usec */
-#define PLIP_TRIGGER_WAIT 500
+static unsigned long trigger_wait = 500;
/* Nibble time out = PLIP_NIBBLE_WAIT * PLIP_DELAY_UNIT usec */
-#define PLIP_NIBBLE_WAIT 3000
+static unsigned long nibble_wait = 3000;
/* Bottom halves */
static void plip_kick_bh(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@
nl->port_owner = 0;
/* Initialize constants */
- nl->trigger = PLIP_TRIGGER_WAIT;
- nl->nibble = PLIP_NIBBLE_WAIT;
+ nl->trigger = trigger_wait;
+ nl->nibble = nibble_wait;
/* Initialize task queue structures */
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nl->immediate.list);
@@ -1297,6 +1297,8 @@
MODULE_PARM(parport, "1-" __MODULE_STRING(PLIP_MAX) "i");
MODULE_PARM(timid, "1i");
+MODULE_PARM(trigger_wait, "i");
+MODULE_PARM(nibble_wait, "i");
static struct net_device *dev_plip[PLIP_MAX] = { NULL, };
================================================================================
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