Re: [PATCH] pcnet32 cable status check

Kent Yoder
2002-10-07T15:28:06Z

Thus Spake Jeff Garzik:
>As Felipe mentioned, using the link interrupt instead of a timer is
>preferred -- but my own preference would be to apply your patch with the
>small remove-lp->mii-check fixup, and then investigate the support of
>link interrupts. The reasoning is that, pcnet32 covers a ton of chips,
>and not all may support a link interrupt.

Jeff, I came across a PCNET FAST/79C971, which apparently also does not
give an interrupt when the cable is pulled. (My original tested card was a
PCnet/FAST III 79C975).

Kent