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Date:      Sat, 1 Jul 2000 17:35:08 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <fonvi@easynet.fr>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mikko@dynas.se>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netgear FA410TX - Some progress (Patch included)
Message-ID:  <20000701173507.A583@vobiscum.styx.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006270644070.304-100000@shiba.smateo1.sfba.home.com>; from mikko@dynas.se on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 06:48:29AM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006270644070.304-100000@shiba.smateo1.sfba.home.com>

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On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 06:48:29AM +0200, Mikko Työläjärvi wrote:
[snip]
> As someone on this list mentioned that Linux already has support for
> this chip, I grabbed the Linux source (beware the GPL!), extracted
> what seemed to be somewhat relevant parts, and squeezed into
> "if_ed.c," with little or no clue as to what I was doing.  It worked.
> 
> It looks like newer versions of this card use an updated ethernet
> controller (DL10022 instead of DL10019), and that the lack of the
> correct incantations is why initializatio fails.
> 
[snip]
> 
> I haven't tested the hack with any other cards, or in any other setup
> than the one on my desk right now, so it may in fact not work for
> anyone else, or anywhere else :)
> 
> The Linux driver (pcnet_cs) also contains code to disable collision
> detection on full duplex duplex links, but it was not obvious where to
> put it, so it is not included.
> 
>     /Mikko
>

This patch works fine with my FA410TX (seems to be a DL10022), i don't
have to use fa_select anymore.

Maybe someone should «clean» the code and merge it with if_ed.c

Marc


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