Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:21:54 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> To: Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org> Cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for testers: patch for the dc(4) driver Message-ID: <p0600201cbd7f23850b4a@[10.0.1.4]> In-Reply-To: <20040928124039.GB61666@elvis.mu.org> References: <20040928124039.GB61666@elvis.mu.org>
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At 2:40 PM +0200 2004-09-28, Maxime Henrion wrote:
> I need people to give this patch a try and see if it doesn't break
> anything. It shouldn't cause any harm, but better safe than sorry.
You mean this one:
DC(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual DC(4)
NAME
dc -- DEC/Intel 21143 and clone 10/100 ethernet driver
SYNOPSIS
device miibus
device dc
DESCRIPTION
The dc driver provides support for several PCI fast ethernet adapters and
embedded controllers based on the following chipsets:
o DEC/Intel 21143
o ADMtek AL981 Comet, AN985 Centaur, ADM9511 Centaur II and
ADM9513 Centaur II
o ASIX Electronics AX88140A and AX88141
o Conexant LANfinity RS7112 (miniPCI)
o Davicom DM9009, DM9100, DM9102 and DM9102A
o Lite-On 82c168 and 82c169 PNIC
o Lite-On/Macronix 82c115 PNIC II
o Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A, 98715AEC-C, 98725, 98727
and 98732
o Xircom X3201 (cardbus only)
?
> This patch allows the dc(4) driver to properly read the MAC address in
> the EEPROM on FreeBSD/powerpc. Andrew Gallatin tested it successfully
> on his G4. I'm particularly interested about people using dc(4) on
> sparc64 since this arcihtecture is big endian.
I think the first trick will be to find someone who actually has
a dc(4) card in a SPARC64 box.
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