Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:16:32 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: Bill Paul <wpaul@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 pcn.4 Makefile src/sys/alpha/confGENERIC src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC src/sys/modules Makefilesrc/sys/modules/pcn Makefile src/sys/conf files src/sys/pciif_pcn.c if_pcnreg.h src/release/sysinstall devices.c Message-ID: <20000922201632.A2421@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <39CA99E8.45BFE772@originative.co.uk>; from paul@originative.co.uk on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:29:44AM %2B0100 References: <200009201730.KAA91122@freefall.freebsd.org> <39CA99E8.45BFE772@originative.co.uk>
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:29:44AM +0100, Paul Richards wrote: > Bill Paul wrote: > > > > wpaul 2000/09/20 10:30:22 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > share/man/man4 Makefile > > sys/alpha/conf GENERIC > > sys/i386/conf GENERIC > > sys/modules Makefile > > sys/conf files > > release/sysinstall devices.c > > Added files: > > share/man/man4 pcn.4 > > sys/modules/pcn Makefile > > sys/pci if_pcn.c if_pcnreg.h > > Log: > > Add a new driver for the AMD PCnet/FAST, FAST+ and Home PCI adapters. > > Previously, these cards were supported by the lnc driver (and they > > still are, but the pcn driver will claim them first), which is fine > > except the lnc driver runs them in 16-bit LANCE compatibility mode. > > The pcn driver runs these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment > > feature to achieve zero-copy receive. (Which puts it in the same > > class as the xl, fxp and tl chipsets.) This driver is also MI, so it > > will work on the x86 and alpha platforms. (The lnc driver is still > > needed to support non-PCI cards. At some point, I'll need to newbusify > > it so that it too will me MI.) > > > > The Am79c978 HomePNA adapter is also supported. > > I wish you'd mentioned you were doing this. I have a newbusified lnc > driver and I was working on the 32 bit code. > > We know have 3 lance based drivers for i386 plus another for alpha :-( Of which if_le panics the system on ifconfig. See kern/19219. I got myself a DEC DE204 and indeed current does it's trap12 like the PR says. This is as far as I got looking at it. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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