patch-2.1.67 linux/drivers/net/README.de4x5

• Lines: 144
• Date: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
• Orig file: v2.1.66/linux/drivers/net/README.de4x5
• Orig date: Mon Nov 17 18:47:21 1997

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-    Originally,   this  driver  was    written  for the  Digital   Equipment
-    Corporation series of EtherWORKS ethernet cards:
-
-        DE425 TP/COAX EISA
-	DE434 TP PCI
-	DE435 TP/COAX/AUI PCI
-	DE450 TP/COAX/AUI PCI
-	DE500 10/100 PCI Fasternet
-
-    but it  will  now attempt  to  support all  cards which   conform to the
-    Digital Semiconductor   SROM   Specification.    The  driver   currently
-    recognises the following chips:
-
-        DC21040     (no SROM)
-	DC21041[A]
-	DC21140[A]
-	DC21142 
-	DC21143 
-
-    So far the driver is known to work with the following cards:
-
-        KINGSTON
-	Linksys
-	ZNYX342
-	SMC8432
-	SMC9332 (w/new SROM)
-	ZNYX31[45]
-	ZNYX346 10/100 4 port (can act as a 10/100 bridge!) 
-
-    The driver has been tested on a relatively busy network using the DE425,
-    DE434, DE435 and DE500 cards and benchmarked with 'ttcp': it transferred
-    16M of data to a DECstation 5000/200 as follows:
-
-                TCP           UDP
-             TX     RX     TX     RX
-    DE425   1030k  997k   1170k  1128k
-    DE434   1063k  995k   1170k  1125k
-    DE435   1063k  995k   1170k  1125k
-    DE500   1063k  998k   1170k  1125k  in 10Mb/s mode
-
-    All  values are typical (in   kBytes/sec) from a  sample  of 4 for  each
-    measurement. Their error is +/-20k on a quiet (private) network and also
-    depend on what load the CPU has.
-
-    =========================================================================
-
-    The ability to load this  driver as a loadable  module has been included
-    and used extensively  during the driver development  (to save those long
-    reboot sequences).  Loadable module support  under PCI and EISA has been
-    achieved by letting the driver autoprobe as if it were compiled into the
-    kernel. Do make sure  you're not sharing  interrupts with anything  that
-    cannot accommodate  interrupt  sharing!
-
-    To utilise this ability, you have to do 8 things:
-
-    0) have a copy of the loadable modules code installed on your system.
-    1) copy de4x5.c from the  /linux/drivers/net directory to your favourite
-    temporary directory.
-    2) for fixed  autoprobes (not  recommended),  edit the source code  near
-    line 5537 to reflect the I/O address  you're using, or assign these when
-    loading by:
-
-                   insmod de4x5 io=0xghh           where g = bus number
-		                                        hh = device number   
-
-       NB: autoprobing for modules is now supported by default. You may just
-           use:
-
-                   insmod de4x5
-
-           to load all available boards. For a specific board, still use
-	   the 'io=?' above.
-    3) compile  de4x5.c, but include -DMODULE in  the command line to ensure
-    that the correct bits are compiled (see end of source code).
-    4) if you are wanting to add a new  card, goto 5. Otherwise, recompile a
-    kernel with the de4x5 configuration turned off and reboot.
-    5) insmod de4x5 [io=0xghh]
-    6) run the net startup bits for your new eth?? interface(s) manually 
-    (usually /etc/rc.inet[12] at boot time). 
-    7) enjoy!
-
-    To unload a module, turn off the associated interface(s) 
-    'ifconfig eth?? down' then 'rmmod de4x5'.
-
-    Automedia detection is included so that in  principal you can disconnect
-    from, e.g.  TP, reconnect  to BNC  and  things will still work  (after a
-    pause whilst the   driver figures out   where its media went).  My tests
-    using ping showed that it appears to work....
-
-    By  default,  the driver will  now   autodetect any  DECchip based card.
-    Should you have a need to restrict the driver to DIGITAL only cards, you
-    can compile with a  DEC_ONLY define, or if  loading as a module, use the
-    'dec_only=1'  parameter. 
-
-    The SMC9332 card  has a non-compliant SROM  which needs fixing -  I have
-    patched this  driver to detect it  because the SROM format used complies
-    to a previous DEC-STD format.
-
-    I have removed the buffer copies needed for receive on Intels.  I cannot
-    remove them for   Alphas since  the  Tulip hardware   only does longword
-    aligned  DMA transfers  and  the  Alphas get   alignment traps with  non
-    longword aligned data copies (which makes them really slow). No comment.
-
-    I  have added SROM decoding  routines to make this  driver work with any
-    card that  supports the Digital  Semiconductor SROM spec. This will help
-    all  cards running the dc2114x  series chips in particular.  Cards using
-    the dc2104x  chips should run correctly with  the basic  driver.  I'm in
-    debt to <mjacob@feral.com> for the  testing and feedback that helped get
-    this feature working.  So far we have  tested KINGSTON, SMC8432, SMC9332
-    (with the latest SROM complying  with the SROM spec  V3: their first was
-    broken), ZNYX342  and  LinkSys. ZYNX314 (dual  21041  MAC) and  ZNYX 315
-    (quad 21041 MAC)  cards also  appear  to work despite their  incorrectly
-    wired IRQs.
-
-    I have added a temporary fix for interrupt problems when some SCSI cards
-    share the same interrupt as the DECchip based  cards. The problem occurs
-    because  the SCSI card wants to  grab the interrupt  as a fast interrupt
-    (runs the   service routine with interrupts turned   off) vs.  this card
-    which really needs to run the service routine with interrupts turned on.
-    This driver will  now   add the interrupt service   routine  as  a  fast
-    interrupt if it   is bounced from the   slow interrupt.  THIS IS NOT   A
-    RECOMMENDED WAY TO RUN THE DRIVER  and has been done  for a limited time
-    until  people   sort  out their  compatibility    issues and the  kernel
-    interrupt  service code  is  fixed.   YOU  SHOULD SEPARATE OUT  THE FAST
-    INTERRUPT CARDS FROM THE SLOW INTERRUPT CARDS to ensure that they do not
-    run on the same interrupt. PCMCIA/CardBus is another can of worms...
-
-    Finally, I think  I have really  fixed  the module  loading problem with
-    more than one DECchip based  card.  As a  side effect, I don't mess with
-    the  device structure any  more which means that  if more than 1 card in
-    2.0.x is    installed (4  in   2.1.x),  the  user   will have   to  edit
-    linux/drivers/net/Space.c  to make room for  them. Hence, module loading
-    is  the preferred way to use   this driver, since  it  doesn't have this
-    limitation.
-
-    Where SROM  media detection is used and  full duplex is specified in the
-    SROM, the feature is ignored unless de4x5_full_duplex  is set at compile
-    time OR during a module  load (insmod de4x5 de4x5_full_duplex=1).   This
-    is because there  is no way  to automatically  detect full duplex  links
-    except through  autonegotiation.   When I  include  the  autonegotiation
-    feature  in  the  SROM  autoconf   code,   this detection  will    occur
-    automatically.
-