Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:02:36 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, dirkx@covalent.net Subject: Re: Myson drivers for 4.x Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202281359200.6492-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <3C7EA78A.8010800@pipeline.ch>
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > If its actually a Realtek clone with a few differences it wouldn't make > > sense to add a whole new driver to the system. > > Just a side note; the Realtek driver isn't entirely up to date. The > chip has evolved quite a bit with it's current RTL8139C(L)+ revision and > now can do things like descriptor-base buffer management (one of the > major shortcomings of the first revisions and what wpaul was bitching > about), VLAN tagging, checksum offloading and some other stuff. > > I haven't looked at the mys driver source but if that supports these > new features (which probably make this new chip rev fly) it should > be integrated also for if_rl. Here's what teh author said about the driver: -------start quite: [Julian said:] > Can you tell me if your driver was based upon an existing driver? > If so, which one? > We have the driver for FreeBSD 3.X. I modified it for FreeBSD 4.X and 5.X. Of course, when modified it for 4.X and 5.X. I refered the code of Intel and Realtek. > does the hardware resemble the hardware used by that driver? > how much? > what is different? Our chip is similar to Dec 21143. But they are different. We use the concept of "descriptor", too. > > > -- > Andre > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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