From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 29 11:19:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21189 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 11:19:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lily.ezo.net (root@lily.ezo.net [206.102.130.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA21170 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 11:19:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jflowers@ezo.net) Received: from ivy.ezo.net (c3po.skylan.net [206.150.211.243]) by lily.ezo.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA08526; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:17:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <005601bdbb1d$6cca87e0$f3d396ce@ivy.ezo.net> From: "Jim Flowers" To: "Ted Faber" Cc: Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:19:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There are also application notes in pdf format that are useful in understanding the configuration requirements and some debugging software at their website. I also found the linux 32 bit lance.c driver to be quite helpful as it is heavily commented (and it works). -----Original Message----- From: Frank McConnell To: Ted Faber Cc: Frank McConnell ; Mike Smith ; Robert Swindells ; hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 12:51 PM Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? >Ted Faber wrote: >> If the chip *does* work in native PCI mode, maybe we should >> concentrate on bringing up the controller in direct PCI mode. I don't >> have the relevent chip specs, but if you can tell me anything I'll be >> happy to help. > >If it's IC data sheets you're looking for, webulate to: > >http://www.amd.com/products/npd/techdocs/techdocs.html > >Bring a PDF reader, you'll need it. > >I've given the register-set for the 79C970A a cursory reading and >there seems to be some notion of a software-style setting that can be >used to make the chip behave like previous AMD Ethernet chips. My >first thought was that maybe the Hitachi BIOS is doing some of the >chip setup, but I don't understand what it would do that would let the >lnc code work with the device-as-ISA-unit work but not as-PCI-unit. >And I still don't get this: > >>As far as I can tell, there's no support for using the Hitachi's >>internal PCI lance board in native PCI mode, so the card can only be >>used in ISA emulation mode. > >What led you to that conclusion? > >-Frank McConnell > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message