Subject: Re: Ethernet...ethernet
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Michael R Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/30/1997 21:28:56
> Well, the 660av (and I assume the 840av also) still don't work, because
> they use the AMD MACE ethernet chip not the sonic... anyone working on
> MACE support, or know where to find source that could be useful in writing
> a driver? :) Solaris has a "qe" MACE driver, FWIW, but that's not
> particularly useful :) 

Well, it's important to understand that the AV macs are practically PowerMacs
without the PowerPC chip. If people want information on AV mac internals a
good place to start is the MkLinux and Linux pmac kernels.

I know that even though the pmac kernels are only for 7200 or better machines
they still use the MACE. That's a good start for that. Code for the SWIM3
(sans formatting) is also in there.

Of course, the qe driver you mention might be a good starting point too :)