Subject: README: SMC EtherPower II users
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 07/20/1998 14:34:44
Hi folks...

Some of you may have noticed this commit message:

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thorpej
Mon Jul 20 14:39:05 PDT 1998
Update of /cvsroot/src/sys/dev/ic
In directory nb00:/tmp/cvs-serv29259

Modified Files:
	smc83c170.c 
Log Message:
Write the CLOCK TEST bit *at least 16 consecutive times* during initialization,
as the clock source will be set incorrectly otherwise!  From SMC Application
Note 7-15.  Thanks to Christoph Badura for the pointer!
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...once making this change, the driver is MUCH more stable, the device 
timeouts I was seeing are basically gone (I still got one of them when it
attempted to send the very first packet; still need to trace that down).

Anyhow, for those of you who were having problems, please try the driver
out after the next SUP scan, and report success or failure.

Thanks!

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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