Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:19:28 -0400 From: "Jim Flowers" <jflowers@ezo.net> To: "Ted Faber" <faber@ISI.EDU> Cc: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Message-ID: <005601bdbb1d$6cca87e0$f3d396ce@ivy.ezo.net>
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There are also application notes in pdf format that are useful in understanding the configuration requirements and some debugging software at their website. I also found the linux 32 bit lance.c driver to be quite helpful as it is heavily commented (and it works). -----Original Message----- From: Frank McConnell <fmc@reanimators.org> To: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> Cc: Frank McConnell <fmc@reanimators.org>; Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>; Robert Swindells <swindellsr@genrad.co.uk>; hackers@FreeBSD.ORG <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 12:51 PM Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? >Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> wrote: >> If the chip *does* work in native PCI mode, maybe we should >> concentrate on bringing up the controller in direct PCI mode. I don't >> have the relevent chip specs, but if you can tell me anything I'll be >> happy to help. > >If it's IC data sheets you're looking for, webulate to: > >http://www.amd.com/products/npd/techdocs/techdocs.html > >Bring a PDF reader, you'll need it. > >I've given the register-set for the 79C970A a cursory reading and >there seems to be some notion of a software-style setting that can be >used to make the chip behave like previous AMD Ethernet chips. My >first thought was that maybe the Hitachi BIOS is doing some of the >chip setup, but I don't understand what it would do that would let the >lnc code work with the device-as-ISA-unit work but not as-PCI-unit. >And I still don't get this: > >>As far as I can tell, there's no support for using the Hitachi's >>internal PCI lance board in native PCI mode, so the card can only be >>used in ISA emulation mode. > >What led you to that conclusion? > >-Frank McConnell > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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