Subject: Re: 3C905
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
List: current-users
Date: 11/17/1998 17:01:54
On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 03:48:21PM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> ... and in my kernel config, as Jason rightly pointed out, I didn't have the
> line
>
> nsphy* at mii? phy ? # NS83840 PHYs
>
> That kernel now detects the card properly and is happily connected to the
> network.
Btw, you might want to use the 'ex' driver now. Just replace your 'ep' line
in the config file (probably something like):
ep* at pci? dev ? function ?
with
ex* at pci? dev ? function ?
This driver uses the busmaster DMA functionality of the card, and should give
you better performance.
- Frank