Known issues and bugs

Here is a list of known issues and bugs with Debian on the Thecus N2100.

Debian 4.0 (etch) with 2.6.18 kernel

• Disk access is slow because of lack of DMA support for the IOP32x chip.
• There's a bug in the r8169 network driver related to multicast packets
• There's a bug in the r8169 network driver that causes problems with NFS (fixed in 2.6.24).
• The device doesn't correctly power off (fixed in 2.6.24).
• There's no support for the sensor chip to control the fan (fixed in 2.6.24).
• There's no support for the LEDs and beeper (fixed in 2.6.26)

Debian 4.0 (etch) with 2.6.24 "etch-and-a-half" kernel

• Disk access is slow because of lack of DMA support for the IOP32x chip.
• There's a bug in the r8169 network driver related to multicast packets
• There's no support for the LEDs and beeper (fixed in 2.6.26)

The upcoming Debian 5.0 (lenny) with 2.6.26 kernel

• Disk access is slow because of lack of DMA support for the IOP32x chip.
• There's a bug in the r8169 network driver related to multicast packets