Subject: Re: EtherM/H
To: Ale Terlevich <A.I.Terlevich@durham.ac.uk>
From: Dave J Thorn <dave@axa.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/28/1997 14:54:51
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Ale Terlevich wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 28 May 1997, Dave J Thorn wrote:
> 

>> [ Snip : Something I wrote last night ... ]

> 
>    I've managed to get my if_eh.c pretty stable simply by adding a line 
> to reset the card after every transmit error (This used to hang it). I've 
> also increased the speed by commenting out most of the debug/error printfs.
> 
>   Here's the diff against sys/arch/arm32/podulebus/if_eh.c.  If've been 
> using it for AGES now with no problems.
> 
> Ale.
> 

[Snip diffs]

Ale,
	Thanks for that, but looking through them I think that it is 
unlikely that they will solve my more fundamental problem of the card not 
being detected at boot time (Podule 8 : not configured) on kernels 
greater than 4740.  If sources are still around for kernels around 4740, 
I guess I could compile something up, but I am unaware of their current 
location. 

	I should really have added some more info, but as you could see 
from the time, I'd done my old trick of answering mail on return from an 
evening on the SA. The card is one of the Acorn Access ones, that reports 
itself wrongly and hence isn't recognised. I believe somneone (Mark?) 
posted something about a fix a bit ago, but I've lost it from my mail.  
 
	re:Rob's mail, I certainly will bear with you, I've been 
exceptionally pleased with the development of RiscBSD, and as I said I've 
currently finished using it for development, so there is no need for any 
heavy duty usage of it in the near future.

	See ya,

		Dave.