From: Matt Porter <porter@cox.net>
To: Binh Nguyen <binh@us.ibm.com>,
linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org,
linuxppc-users@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Ethernet Driver Needed for IBM PPC 405 (Codename Walnut)
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:24:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030408172421.A22476@home.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030408233356.GC13256@zax>; from david@gibson.dropbear.id.au on Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:33:56AM +1000
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:33:56AM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 04:45:47PM -0400, Binh Nguyen wrote:
> >
> > I heard that some one has written an ethernet driver for the IBM PPC 405
> > board for Linux some time ago. The author has seen performance
> > improvement because the driver services interrupts in a better way. If
> > some one has a copy of the driver, would you please send it to
> > binh@us.ibm.com. Also any tips on how to install the driver is
> > appreciated. Thanks very much.
>
> The driver is included in the linuxppc_2_4_devel and linuxppc-2.4
> kernel trees. You probably want to be using one of those trees in any
> case.
He might be referring to a post here (in the last 6 months or so)
where the poster mentioned writing a replacement EMAC driver that
had better performance than the standard driver. I can't seem to
locate the post at the moment, but perhaps somebody else remembers
and can find it in the archives.
Regards,
--
Matt Porter
porter@cox.net
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-09 0:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-08 20:45 Ethernet Driver Needed for IBM PPC 405 (Codename Walnut) Binh Nguyen
2003-04-08 23:33 ` David Gibson
2003-04-09 0:24 ` Matt Porter [this message]
2003-04-09 15:34 ` Mark Powell
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2003-04-09 13:10 Binh Nguyen
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