Re: NIC driver for Intel D815EEAAL

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya nate et.al

i got a patch from bob dunlop on the eepro mailing list....

his patch seems to work for linux-2.2.16 recognizing the
onboard NIC of the Intel D815EEAAL motherboards....

thanx
alvin


bob's patch....

This patch is against the driver I had with kernel 2.2.16
==========================================================

static const char *version =
"eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html\n";
"eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V.
Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and 
others\n";

*** eepro100.c.orig     Mon Jul 31 12:29:17 2000
--- eepro100.c  Mon Jul 31 12:29:16 2000
***************
*** 165,170 ****
--- 165,173 ----
  #ifndef PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID1030
  #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID1030 0x1030
  #endif
+ #ifndef PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID2449
+ #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID2449 0x2449
+ #endif
  
  /* The total I/O port extent of the board.
     The registers beyond 0x18 only exist on the i82558. */
***************
*** 322,327 ****
--- 325,334 ----
        },
        { "Intel Corporation 82559 InBusiness 10/100",
          PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID1030,
+         0 
+       },
+       { "Intel D815EEA motherboard Pro100/V",
+         PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID2449,
          0 
        },
        {0,}                                            /* 0 terminated
list. */


======= end patch ========


> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Nate Amsden wrote:
> 
> > the eepro100 driver does support 82559.
> > 
> > BUT the driver in 2.2.17pre18 (probably the same as 2.2.16) is older
> > then what is newest:
> > 
> > eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 <- in the kernel, contains some updates from
> > people other then donald
> > 
> > eepro100.c:v1.10a 4/15/00 <- latest
> > 
> > try replacing your eepro100.c with this one:
> > 
> > ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/eepro100.c
> >