* Re: axnet_cs / pcnet_cs: moving PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID for Netgear FA411
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@ 2008-11-21 12:48 ` Komuro
2008-11-21 14:10 ` Cord Walter
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From: Komuro @ 2008-11-21 12:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cord Walter; +Cc: netdev, linux-pcmcia, linux-kernel
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:46:57 +0100
Cord Walter <cord.walter@gmx.de> wrote:
> after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with
> the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version),
You are right. My patch has a bug.
The patch below fixes this problem.
By the way,
(1) Does your FA411 work properly with the pcnet_cs driver before?
(2) Please post the full-dmesg (axnet_cs).
--- linux-2.6.28-rc6/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c.orig 2008-11-21 21:39:08.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.28-rc6/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c 2008-11-21 21:39:24.000000000 +0900
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int pcnet_config(struct pcmcia_de
}
if ((link->conf.ConfigBase == 0x03c0)
- && (link->manf_id == 0x149) && (link->card_id = 0xc1ab)) {
+ && (link->manf_id == 0x149) && (link->card_id == 0xc1ab)) {
printk(KERN_INFO "pcnet_cs: this is an AX88190 card!\n");
printk(KERN_INFO "pcnet_cs: use axnet_cs instead.\n");
goto failed;
Best Regards
Komuro
> Hi,
>
> after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with
> the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version), I checked the
> respective driver sources and noticed that the pcnet_cs driver bailed
> out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but axnet_cs
> doesn't claim this ID.
>
> I compiled a kernel with the PCMCIA-ID for the netgear card moved to
> axnet_cs from pcnet_cs which worked. I then contacted sidux-kernel
> maintainer Stefan Lippers-Hollmann who turned the info into this patch
> and integrated it into the kernel:
>
> <http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/fullstory/linux-sidux-2.6/trunk/debian/patches/features/2.6.27.4_PCMCIA_move-PCMCIA-ID-for-Netgear-FA411-from-pcnet_cs-to-axnet_cs.patch>
>
> This works for me and AFAIK there were no reports of any breakage for
> other devices on sidux-support.
>
> This looks like a trivial patch, but since I have very limited
> experience with kernel modifications I might be woefully wrong there.
> But if there are no side effects of this patch, is it possible to get it
> into the official kernel?
>
> I can provide more detailed information on the affected hardware if
> necessary.
>
> -cord
>
>
> [1]
> Socket 1 Device 0: [axnet_cs] (bus ID: 1.0)
> Configuration: state: on
> Product Name: NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet
> Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411
> function: 6 (network)
> prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3)
> prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875)
> prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3)
> prod_id(4): --- (---)
> --
> Cord Walter
> email: cord.walter@gmx.de
>
> Weil es niemanden etwas angeht, dass ich nichts zu verbergen habe:
> http://www.gnupg.org/
> http://www.truecrypt.org/
> ...und überhaupt: http://www.FreiheitstattAngst.de
>
>
>
--
Komuro <komurojun-mbn@nifty.com>
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