Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 01:17:11 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Message-ID: <4.1.19981217011026.06518130@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199812170752.XAA19274@root.com> References: <Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:32 MST." <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org>
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At 11:52 PM 12/16/98 -0800, David Greenman wrote: > The Pro/100 ISA might be supported in the ex driver (...but maybe not). The source doesn't show any code to account for different media types (duplex vs. simplex or 10 Mbps vs. 100 Mbps). It's possible that if the board were preconfigured to default to 100 Mbps and full duplex, or if it automatically adapted to the LAN, it would work even if the driver didn't know about these features. But most likely a driver rev would be needed. I'm not sure if I could take this one on without spec sheets and a greater knowledge of kernel hacking than I currently have, but I might attempt it over the holidays as an experiment. I suppose that I could graft some code in from the fxp driver (including the flags used by ifconfig(1)) so that I'd have less chance of botching things. But I'd probably need some coaching to get it right. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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