Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

[Josip Rodin <joy@entuzijast.net>]

I'm just Cc:'ing this to the sparc kernel mailing list...

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using
> the dmfe Davicom kernel module on sparc for 10/100 ethernet.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, Sun never manufactured any
> expansion cards that utilize the Davicom chip and the UltraAX-i2
> motherboard (Netra X1 and Sunfire V100) is the only Sun
> motherboard that uses the chip. That particular motherboard
> uses the tulip kernel module though, not the dmfe kernel module.
> 
> Since the PCI ID of the UltraAX-i2's onboard ethernet
> (1282:9102 - Davicom 9102) matches up with both the dmfe
> module and the tulip module, both modules attempt to load and
> end up causing the network interface to malfunction.
> 
> My question is - is anyone actually using the dmfe kernel module
> on sparc and/or would it be ok to set the default to not build the
> dmfe kernel module on sparc?
> 
> I presume that the only scenario where anyone would actually be
> using the dmfe kernel module on sparc would be if they've installed
> a PCI NIC originally intended for x86 machines into their sparc
> machine.
> 
> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian

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