Subject: Re: NE2000 PCI ethernet card
To: Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.honors.montana.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 07/03/1999 13:53:43
On 03 Jul 1999 14:46:53 -0600 
 Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.honors.montana.edu> wrote:

 > I have a Macronix MX987x5 10/100 ethernet card that's not quite
 > working.  It claims to be NE2000 compatible, so I added an entry for
 > it in if_ne_pci.c.  I believe my problem at this point is figuring out
 > what to put in for the card initializing function, but I could
 > certainly be wrong.
 > 
 > ne0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: Macronix MX987x5 Ethernet
 > ne0: where did the card go?
 > ne0: interrupting at irq 10
 > 
 > The second line is from ne2000_attach in dev/ic/ne2000.c, when it
 > tries to run ne2000_detect a second time.
 > 
 > Any ideas on what I should try?  Maybe getting a list of the chips on
 > the card would be helpful?  Or docs from the manufacturer?

That card is certainly not NE2000 compatible.  It's a Tulip clone, and
will be supported as soon as I finish (my somewhat delayed) Tulip
driver rewrite.

(BTW, if someone wants to actively help me that that code finished,
that'd be greatly appreciated.)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>