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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:45:52 +0900 (JST)
From:      Naoki Hamada <nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp>
To:        Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new if_vx driver in incoming on freefal
Message-ID:  <199609250745.QAA04292@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: Guido van Rooij's message of "Wed, 25 Sep 1996 08:52:57 %2B0200 (MET DST)" <199609250652.IAA28602@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com>
References:  <199609250652.IAA28602@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com>

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Guido wrote:
>With this driver the 'hanging card in OACTIVE' should b fixed without
>the gross hack I introduced earlier. I am planning to implement a fix
>for the early revision adapters. These are not identified by my driver,
>but the old (original if_vx)  way of identifying them was *correct*.

No. When the old vx driver attempt to read the EEPROM_SOFT_INFO_2
register, 'WINDOW 2' is selected instead of the right 'WINDOW 0'. Then
the driver reports that all the adapters are defective, which is not
the truth :-<

-nao



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