Subject: Re: `tlp' driver update
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/25/1999 16:37:27
Jason, which platform are you developing on? There seems to be an
endianess problem with data read in from SROM - the ether address
are byte-swapped on a power mac.

-lq

> Hi folks...
> 
> I added some basic support for the DECchip 21140 and 21140A to the
> `tlp' driver:
> 
> tlp1 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.0
> tlp1: interrupting at kn20aa irq 16
> tlp1: Ethernet address 00:00:f8:05:c1:cc
> nsphy0 at tlp1 phy 5: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> 
> ...that's a DEC DE500-AA.  I haven't added the quirk code for the
> 21140 chips yet, which I will do soon.
> 
> This meant writing some basic infrastructure code for dealing with
> the standard (`ISV') SROM format, which happily the Macronix chips
> also use!  I have a start on the GPR media support for the 21140,
> which will be required for the Macronix chips, as well, and then
> those should be good to go (with the exception of the NWay block
> support, which should be pretty easy to write once the cards have
> basic functionaility).
> 
> Just an update, stay tuned for more in a few days.
> 
>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
> 
>