Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:49:13 -0600 From: Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org> To: Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org> Cc: Steve Burton <steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA VT6103 Ethernet Controller Question Message-ID: <3E029339.1050601@barryp.org> In-Reply-To: <3E028E50.9080602@barryp.org> References: <3DFBACE7.1D60335F@saeab.se> <3E01DE5A.265553D0@sliderule.demon.co.uk> <3E026002.5CDDA536@sliderule.demon.co.uk> <3E028E50.9080602@barryp.org>
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Barry Pederson wrote:
> Steve Burton wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > The latest (M Series) Via mini-itx motherboard come with integrated VIA
> > VT6103 ethernet i/f.
> >
> > I'm not familiar with this chip, is it likely to be supported?
>
> The first-generation VIA mini-ITX boards also have VT6103 (according to
> their website and the printed manual that comes with the board), but it
> shows up in dmesg as VT6102. Maybe that's why it's not working so well,
> if the 6103 is close enough to 6102 to only sort of work.
>
> So I'd guess that the M Series mboards will be in basically the same
> boat as the first EPIAs.
Oops, guess the 6103 is just a tranceiver, the 6102 is the controller - the
two go together.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/datasheet/DS6103110.pdf
which explains why the old EPIA boards show up as VT6102 in dmesg, even
though the website and manual only mentions VT6103. I think I'll shut up
now (but I'd still guess the EPIA-M networking is the same as the plain EPIA)
Barry
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