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> After much grovelling through the 8390 docs, I think this is the
> correct answer to the odd-length packet problem I was having with
> the ne2k driver under Linux.
>
> According to the datasheet, the 8390 always accesses its buffer
> memory in word-size chunks if the WTS bit of the DCR is set. So
> it will always send a word to the host bus interface if WTS==1.
> It's up to the host bus interface to deliver the the number of
> requested bytes to the host. So disallowing a byte read when the
> WTS bit is set is wrong (IMO) as the bus interface may allow it,
> as the NE2000 appears to.
>
> The patch to ne2k.h bumps the receive buffer memory size to 32K.
> This fixes the "out-of-bounds chipmem read" errors I was getting.
>
> Can someone with an NE2K datasheet verify these changes? They
> jibe with the Linux ne.c driver, anyway.
