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Re: RealTek 8139 driver?


Not really. The PCI chip should have a bus mastering driver and you need a
PCI board/card level driver. We could write a driver (which would then be
released for everyone) if someone is prepared to pay for it.

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: "AL Chane" <al_chane@issc.com.tw>
To: "eCos discuss" <ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOS] RealTek 8139 driver?


> Hi,
>
>      Can it work on RTL8139C PCI card?
>
> thanks
>
> AL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Paulson-Ellis" <kelsall@dsl.pipex.com>
> To: "Gary Thomas" <gthomas@ecoscentric.com>; "eCos Discussion"
> <ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com>; "Kevin Hilman" <khilman@equator.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] RealTek 8139 driver?
>
>
> > You can find my code here: http://www.edesix.com/ecos/.
> > Chris.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary Thomas" <gthomas@ecoscentric.com>
> > To: "Chris Paulson-Ellis" <kelsall@dsl.pipex.com>
> > Cc: "eCos Discussion" <ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com>; "Kevin Hilman"
> > <khilman@equator.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ECOS] RealTek 8139 driver?
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 15:30, Chris Paulson-Ellis wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > You can use the NS_DP83902A driver, which the RTL8139AS emulates
> > > > sufficiently closely for it to work.
> > > >
> > > > Note that you need a card level driver to do the reset, MAC address
> > reading
> > > > & for the NETDEVTAB_ENTRY. For my ISA card based on the RTL8139AS, I
> > rolled
> > > > my own based on one of the existing card drivers which use the
> > NS_DP83902A
> > > > driver.
> > > >
> > > > Note that if you are on an x86 platform, you will find some endian
> > issues in
> > > > the MAC address handling of the NS_DP83902A driver. If anyone wants
> the
> > > > fixes for this and/or my RTL8139AS ISA card driver, I could post
them.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, please do so.  At least they'll then be archived.
> > >
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