Re: MIPS/linux compatible PCI network cards

[Michael Shmulevich <michaels@jungo.com>]

Pete Popov wrote:
> 
> >
> > By the way, which version of the driver are you talking about? Mine
> > doesn't have any ifdef on anything... besides MODULE of course:-)
> >
> > Mine is:
> >
> > static const char *version =
> > "rtl8139.c:v1.07 5/6/99 Donald Becker
> > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/"
> 
> Hmmm, the above looks like the header for the 8129 driver, except that
> it says rtl8139.  Make sure you're using drivers/net/8139too.c   I see
> this in the driver:   #define RTL8139_VERSION "0.9.10". I'm using test9
> kernel, I doubt that you're driver is out of date -- it seems you're
> perhaps using the wrong driver.
> 
> Regarding the I/O vs MEM accesses, look for this:
> 
> /* define to 1 to enable PIO instead of MMIO */
> #undef USE_IO_OPS
> 
> Pete

I have checked the Scyld web page, this is where D. Becker currently
work on the driver (http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html)

Newer driver indeed seem to be more multi-platform aware, though
out-of-box compilation still crashed the kernel (access to 0x18000051
instead of 0xb8000051, KSEG1 stuff again). Corrected. Still no luck,
driver seems not to find where the card is. Switched cards to another
manufacturer [compatible, of course :-)] -- same result.

Sincerely yours,
Michael Shmulevich
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