Subject: Re: support for intel ethernet chip du jour - i82547EI
To: Harry Waddell <waddell@caravan.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/16/2003 14:52:51
On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 02:20  PM, Harry Waddell wrote:

> Is anyone working on adding support for the intel i82547EI gigabit 
> ethernet
> to -current. I looked at adding it to if_wm.c myself, but I noticed 
> that the
> 82546 has a few quirks. Sadly, I'm am not knowledgeable enough to 
> handle any
> quirks, so I thought I'd see if someone with a clue was already 
> looking at
> it.

Judging from that web page, I'd guess it to be software compatible with 
i82546, to the point where using it as an i82546 in our driver would 
Just Work.  Try it out, and send a patch if you're successful!

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>