Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 10:00:37AM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote:
> On 5 Dec 2001, Thomas Vogels wrote:
>
> >> Mikael L?vgren [fabriken@hotpop.com] wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I planning on buying my first networkcard to begin building on LAN. Can
> >> > anyone recommend the best suited for a thinpad600e? I'm a novice on these
>
> Well, I'm novice too but I have an impression that if you buy 3COM you
> can't go wrong ;) Generally I have read that they are realiable, effortless
> to get working, and well supported by Linux (well, I have experience just
> on one PC Card i bought second-hand, but works fine, from the first try).
>
> The bad thing is that they seems to be *much* more expensive than other
> cards. It looked that they were several times more expensive than the
> cheapest cards, but maybe I were comparing apples and oranges... that is,
> what differences are between laptop network cards? 100/10 Mbit and
> PC Card/Cardbus, what about else? Bundled cabling?
I just bought a DLink DFE690-TXD because the vendor claimed
they have "Linux drivers". The driver is a .o file that needs
to be compiled (no big deal) but it only compiles with 2.2.x kernel,
it will have to be ported to work with 2.4.x.
So..... anyone have any hints for me on how to do the port?
I know how to program, just looking for time-saving hints
(such as general design differences between 2.2 and 2.4
wrt device drivers). Pointers to FAQ's, README's etc
will be gratefully received. I already have on my list of stuff
to research: look at existing pcmcia ethernet device drivers
in both 2.2.x and 2.4.x and see what the differences are.
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