From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ismail Donmez Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt : Make documentation nicer Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:26:28 +0300 Message-ID: <200504272026.29047.ismail@kde.org.tr> References: <200504262244.01258.ismail@kde.org.tr> <20050427170703.GA3762@nd47.coderock.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary="Boundary-00=_Ft8bCp6v85r2St9" Cc: ismail@kde.org.tr Return-path: To: kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, jgarzik@pobox.com In-Reply-To: <20050427170703.GA3762@nd47.coderock.org> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org --Boundary-00=_Ft8bCp6v85r2St9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by oss.sgi.com id j3RHSp1O026705 On Wednesday 27 April 2005 20:07, Domen Puncer wrote: > On 26/04/05 22:44 +0300, Ismail Donmez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > attached patch indents dmfe.txt to look like other docs. It adds a ti= p > > about CNET cards using Davicom chipsets. Also it removes parts where = it > > refers to how to build driver out-of-kernel which seems to be cruft f= rom > > times where the driver was out of the kernel. > > Please, no quoted-printable, it makes it hard for scripts to parse righ= t. > (=3D20 and similar "characters") Ok hopefully its ok now > > > Signed-off-by: ??smail D=F6nmez > Ok my unicode name is buggy ;) > Uhh... I don't recall being discussed in which encoding this should be, > ascii is a safe bet. > > > --- dmfe.txt 2004-07-24 09:45:13.000000000 +0300 > > +++ dmfe2.txt 2004-07-24 09:46:37.000000000 +0300 > > Patch should be -p1 appliable... meaning these lines will be something > like: --- linux-2.6.12-rc3/Documentation/dmfe.txt ... > +++ linux-dev/Documentation/dmfe.txt ... > > > @@ -1,59 +1,65 @@ > > - dmfe.c: Version 1.28 01/18/2000 > > +Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux. > > Trailing whitespace. Nice catch. Here goes the new one : Attached patch indents dmfe.txt to look like other docs. It adds a tip about CNET cards using Davicom chipsets. Also it removes parts where it refers to how to build driver out-of-kernel which seems to be cruft from times where the driver was out of the kernel. Signed-off-by: Ismail D=F6nmez --Boundary-00=_Ft8bCp6v85r2St9 Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset="Iso-8859-1"; name="dmfe.patch" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="dmfe.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --- linux-2.6.12/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt 2005-04-27 20:13:04.000000000 +0300 +++ linux-2.6.12/Documentation/networking/dmfe2.txt 2005-04-27 20:22:35.000000000 +0300 @@ -1,59 +1,65 @@ - dmfe.c: Version 1.28 01/18/2000 +Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux. - A Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux. - Copyright (C) 1997 Sten Wang +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 +of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 - of the License, or (at your option) any later version. +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. +This driver provides kernel support for Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 ethernet cards ( CNET +10/100 ethernet cards uses Davicom chipset too, so this driver supports CNET cards too ).If you +didn't compile this driver as a module, it will automatically load itself on boot and print a +line similar to : - A. Compiler command: + dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17) - A-1: For normal single or multiple processor kernel - "gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall - -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c dmfe.c" +If you compiled this driver as a module, you have to load it on boot.You can load it with command : - A-2: For single or multiple processor with kernel module version function - "gcc -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet - -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c dmfe.c" + insmod dmfe +This way it will autodetect the device mode.This is the suggested way to load the module.Or you can pass +a mode= setting to module while loading, like : - B. The following steps teach you how to activate a DM9102 board: + insmod dmfe mode=0 # Force 10M Half Duplex + insmod dmfe mode=1 # Force 100M Half Duplex + insmod dmfe mode=4 # Force 10M Full Duplex + insmod dmfe mode=5 # Force 100M Full Duplex - 1. Used the upper compiler command to compile dmfe.c +Next you should configure your network interface with a command similar to : - 2. Insert dmfe module into kernel - "insmod dmfe" ;;Auto Detection Mode (Suggest) - "insmod dmfe mode=0" ;;Force 10M Half Duplex - "insmod dmfe mode=1" ;;Force 100M Half Duplex - "insmod dmfe mode=4" ;;Force 10M Full Duplex - "insmod dmfe mode=5" ;;Force 100M Full Duplex + ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18 + ^^^^^^^^^^^ + Your IP Adress - 3. Config a dm9102 network interface - "ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18" - ^^^^^^^^^^^ Your IP address +Then you may have to modify the default routing table with command : - 4. Activate the IP routing table. For some distributions, it is not - necessary. You can type "route" to check. + route add default eth0 - "route add default eth0" +Now your ethernet card should be up and running. - 5. Well done. Your DM9102 adapter is now activated. +TODO: - C. Object files description: - 1. dmfe_rh61.o: For Redhat 6.1 +Implement pci_driver::suspend() and pci_driver::resume() power management methods. +Check on 64 bit boxes. +Check and fix on big endian boxes. +Test and make sure PCI latency is now correct for all cases. - If you can make sure your kernel version, you can rename - to dmfe.o and directly use it without re-compiling. +Authors: - Author: Sten Wang, 886-3-5798797-8517, E-mail: sten_wang@davicom.com.tw +Sten Wang : Original Author +Tobias Ringstrom : Current Maintainer + +Contributors: + +Marcelo Tosatti +Alan Cox +Jeff Garzik +Vojtech Pavlik --Boundary-00=_Ft8bCp6v85r2St9--