From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xose Vazquez Perez Subject: Level One LXT1001 GE chip Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:02:17 +0100 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3FC3FB99.70700@wanadoo.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org hi, Months ago I sent a question to netdev to know if SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX) was supported under LiNUX. Today I know that the answer is NO, officially. Maybe because it's little extended and it's an strange chip with only a few clone boards out there, smc dlink planex... I got more info from FreeBSD: "The lge driver provides support for various NICs based on the Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator gigabit ethernet controller chip, including the following: o SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX) o D-Link DGE-500SX These NICs are capable of 1000mbps speeds over fiber optic cable. The LXT1001 also supports a GMII port for use with 10/100/1000 copper PHYs, however there aren't currently any NICs on the market that use this fea- ture." Searching arround NET I found the LXT1001 Developer Manual: http://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/Level1/LXT1001SRM.pdf and an unofficial LiNUX 2.4 driver, 2002/01/22, v 1.04.05, under an ugly URL: http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/info.nsf/80d023dbef05f90048256adf002a91be/ee44db010731cedb48256c9f00248656?OpenDocument 'wpaul' looks like the official ethernet drivers writer for *BSD and he has _lot of NET manuals/docs_ under his $HOME: http://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/ If someone complains about this NIC, he/she already has information to write a better driver. I only use intel NICs ;-) -thanks for your time- -- HTML mails are going to trash automagically