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Re: Asix AX88190 PCMCIA NIC on a laptop



From: "Johan Ehnberg" <johan@ehnberg.net>

> Frank Trenkamp wrote:
>
> > Important are the product info and manfid lines. I had to manually add
the
> > following lines to /etc/pcmcia/config:
> >
> > card "PCMCIA Fast-Ethernet"
> >   version "PCMCIA", "Fast-Ethernet"
> >   manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
> >   bind "axnet_cs"
> >
>
> Thank you!
> I've made some new discoveries in the fantastic pcmcia world :). One is
> that I won't accept any cheap cards anymore. Thou getst what thou payest
> for.

Never had a problem with cheap cards, myself.

> I noticed the manfid is not necessary, and removed it from my card
> entry, only then was the card identified (still, falsely).
>
> cartctl ident shows both an manfid and PCI id for the card:
>
> product info: "Realtek", "Rtl8139"
> manfid: 0x0000, 0x024
> function: 6 (network)
> PCI id: 0x10ec, 0x8139

I would have to guess that a manfid 0x0000 is not proper, so you're right
not to use it.

> The card runs under RedHat 7.3, but with totally different drivers
> (yenta_socet, mii, 8139too).

Then why don't you set it up that way?  It should be workable.
--
derek


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