Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 23:17:02 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> To: jhermes@infoglobe.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any need for dedicated PCI lnc driver? Message-ID: <199905112217.XAA00477@fdy2.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <001801be9beb$9e66ce30$bda2d826@kenny.infoglobe.com> (jhermes@infoglobe.com)
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>Well, as most of you no doubt know, the lnc ethernet driver is broken >for PCNet/PCI chips again (it gives up when its memory is allocated >above 16Mb, due to ISA limits in the driver). Yes. It still works fine in 2.2.8 though :-) >Would it be a good idea to strip a PCI-only lnc driver out of >the ISA source, so that the ISA limits don't apply? Could be. Another reason for doing this would be to add in if_media support at the same time, the ISA parts don't need this since they won't do 100Mb or full duplex. Creating a PCI specific version would remove the need for lots of conditional code. The if_media issue is important since the chips don't auto negotiate properly. >I know this chip is not the best, but I inherited several Dual Pentium >100 workstations with integrated motherboard devices, and I need to >keep them going since they are very stable and reliable SMP machines >(Intergraph TD-30s). It isn't bad, much better than NE2000 type cards. The size and cost of the chip compared to the Intel ones makes it a good choice for integrating into a motherboard so it isn't going to disappear. >If no one wants to fix the ISA/PCI version, I would like to help >extract a PCI-only version. I'll work on either. I work for a company that makes a system with an integrated Am79C971. One of the arguments that I use for why we should use FreeBSD on this system instead of Windows98 is "if a device driver doesn't work we can fix it", I guess I ought to make good on this claim. I was waiting to get the 3.1 CDs to take a look at this anyway but they have arrived now. Robert Swindells ------------------------------------- Robert Swindells - GenRad Ltd rjs@genrad.co.uk - Work rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk - Home To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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