On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 09:30 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > I have a Falcon/CT60 with EtherNAT (MII driver support for linux may or > > > > may not work easily) > > > > > > How did you get the EtherNAT? I've been waiting for a year now for the two > > > boards that I ordered and paid for. Writing a Linux driver for the board > > > would be a great help for the two CT60 machines that the m68k porters > > > already have. Those machines are connected via a serial link, which makes > > > down- and uploading slow and not todally reliable. Having those connected > > > via 100MBit ethernet would be great! > > > > > > Christian > > > > My etherNAT is defective in some way shape or form. It can only work > > using the 200hz timer rather than interrupt operation, and therefore it > > That would still be nice enough. > > > is a bit slower. I still get like 800KB/sec though which is a heck of a > > lot better even than the 400KB/sec the ethernec gets. Is there a linux > > driver for the ethernec? Any advice on how to get debian installed onto > > I think not. It would not be too difficult to write one; the only thing > that is special is doing the writes by reading from a particular address. > > There's no Linux driver for the EtherNAT either. That should be even > simpler to write (other than the timer polling that would be necessary for > you). Maybe you just need a firmware update on the CT60? > CT60 is updated to the latest firmware. The developers believe it's a resistor value on the EtherNAT board. They recommend I solder in some replacements of different values to see if the issue goes away. I haven't had the patience lately to attempt that SMT soldering. it's been a while since I was doing falcon mobo upgrades for people. > Petr was going to send me an EtherNEC once he got one, so I could get at > least that in the kernel. > I have 2 EtherNEC's and 1 EtherNAT. 1 EtherNEC is now spare, I can send it to you to get it running. > > my falcon? Netboot, cd, etc? Should I use the kernel and bootloader > > that Didier Mequignon provided? > > The Kernel isn't that critical; a stock 2.4.30 from the Debian sources > works for me. 2.6 support is still not quite there yet. Still curious as to what the install procedure is. Do I have to burn those umpteen million CD's? Will D-I work, will the ATAboot boot a CD? Thanks, Mark
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