Re: IBM 10/100 EtherJet PCI

[Eric Lee Green <eric linux-hw com>]

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Wes Bauske wrote:
> Never heard of it but look and see what chip it uses.
> If it's a Digital 21x4x, the tulip.c or de4x5.c driver 
> should work.
> 
> Also, for reference, I can buy NetGear FA310tx's which
> are tulip based, for $25 in Texas so I hope your deal
> is better than those cards go for.

Please be aware that the NetGear doesn't work at least in the sx
motherboard (which is all I've tried it in). Transceiver doesn't detect. I
tried compiling the driver as a module and forcing it to lock into 10BT
mode, but that didn't help.  I had other issues to work out so I didn't
bother further (I just scavenged a DE500 from an Intel machine and swapped
it for the NetGear, which works just fine on the Intel machine). Some time
when I have a few spare minutes I need to try the latest Tulip driver with
it and see if it fixes the problem, but spare minutes are hard to find. 

My list of things to look into on the Alpha architecture just keeps
growing and growing :-}. Anybody installing Linux on a cast-off Alpha has
my sympathy -- it's hard enough gathering a compatible array of hardware
when you have complete control over what goes into the box.

Eric Lee Green   eric@linux-hw.com         Linux Hardware Solutions
Systems Specialist                    Quality Systems Designed For Linux