Re: Kernel 5.15 Amiga PCMCIA apne driver not working

[Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>]

Hi Andreas,

Am 31.12.2021 um 10:26 schrieb Andreas 'count' Kotes:
> Hello Michael,
>
> On 29/12/2021 21:31, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > Am 26.12.2021 um 09:34 schrieb Carlos Milán Figueredo:
> > > Merry Christmas! I could finally make the tests.
> > >
> > > From: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
> > > Sent: lunes, 13 de diciembre de 2021 7:52
> > > > Look for a line containing "Looking for PCMCIA ethernet card : " in the
> > > > kernel log messages.
> > >
> > > FL-4680
> > > =======
> > > Looking for PCMCIA ethernet card: ethernet PCMCIA card inserted
> > > (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): PCMCIA NE**00 ethercard probe
> > > not found
> >
> > That's from apne_probe1 - the MAC address prefix does not match what
> > is expected (NE2000 or Ctron).
> >
> > If you can tell me your cards' MAC addresses, I can add those prefixes
> > to the ones known to the driver, and send a patch for you to test.
> > Might need some more adjustments though (start and end address of ring
> > buffer).
> >
> > You said the cards are supported by BSD? There might be information
> > about the ring buffer in the source there.
>
> oh, where the Gayle memory map issues on the Amiga 1200 addressed, or is
> this still not 16-bit, but 8-bit access?

Will still be 8-bit access - my patch series to autoprobe IO width and 
enable 16-bit access is still under review by the netdev crowd.

> This feels very familiar to where I got stuck like two years ago or so,
> and then stopped pushing further because I'm still building an Amiga
> 4000 as proper development machine to also address other Amiga/A1200
> issues while I'm at it ...

Oh dear - I'd get nowhere at all without cross compilation ...

> I'd be happy to hear that was redone already!

I lost track how many respins that took... Version 13 of my patches is 
where we're at now. Both the linux-m68k and netdev lists have them 
(November 20th).

> Have a good start into the new year, all of you on the list!

You, too - 3 hours to go, on this side of the planet!

Cheers,

	Michael

>   count