Re: netgear fa311 NIC driver
On 24 Aug 2001 bedlam@alumni.rice.edu wrote:
> On Fri, 24 August 2001, Donald Becker wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 05:50:25PM -0700, bedlam@alumni.rice.edu wrote:
> > > > I have upgraded to kernel 2.4.9 so I would have support for the
> > > > netgear fa311 NIC, specifically the natsemi driver.
> >
> > You didn't need to upgrade your kernel.
> > http://www.scyld.com/network/ethercard.html
> > ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/natsemi.c
> I had problems with this before I upgraded the kernel, I couldn't
> compile the driver.
What problem did you have?
With what kernel?
> > As usual, my primary reply is that I don't support modified drivers. If
> > you touch it, you should be willing to test and maintain the whole
> > driver.
> > I will debug problems that you can reproduce on an original driver.
>
> I haven't modified the driver. I got it with everything else when I
> downloaded and compiled the 2.4.9 kernel. I'll go through the
> webpage steps, but if you can tell me what to look for relating to
> that error message and how I should fix it I'd appreciate it.
The driver in 2.4 is a modified version of an older natsemi.c driver
release. That's what I mean by modified -- not that you modified it
yourself.
The dp83815 datasheet is on line at www.natsemi.com, but it takes a long
time to understand the implications of simple-looking driver changes by
just reading the datasheet.
One approach is to see if the driver from ftp.scyld.com works, and then
track the driver changes.
Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters
Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993
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