Re: [PATCH 0/4] NE2000 driver updates

Alan Cox
2003-05-02T16:10:51Z

On Gwe, 2003-05-02 at 16:57, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> even willing to spend a few (admittedly costly) extra cycles chasing
> some additional function pointer de-refs, if we could massively shrink
> the size and number of NE2000/lance/82596 drivers out there.

Well the 8390 (ne2000 etc) has been abstracted cleanly for a very long
time indeed. 825xx is a pig because they chip variants are all subtly
and evilly different.

> I guarantee these drivers are gonna be with us for many years to come,
> and designers wanting to bang out a quick-and-easy MAC will create Yet
> Another NE2000 Clone.[1]

They seem to be cloning tulip nowdays

> Did I mention that a GIGE ne2000 card exists?

I've got a 100Mbit one.

Alan