Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:30:53 +0200 From: Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> Cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for testers: patch for the dc(4) driver Message-ID: <20040928143053.GD61666@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <p0600201cbd7f23850b4a@[10.0.1.4]> References: <20040928124039.GB61666@elvis.mu.org> <p0600201cbd7f23850b4a@[10.0.1.4]>
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Brad Knowles wrote: > 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) > > > ? Well yes, the dc(4) driver. :-) > > 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. I know several people that do, there are Netra boxes out there that have integrated Davicom dc(4) cards. This is why I converted this driver to busdma some time ago. Cheers, Maxime
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