Subject: Re: Ethernet problems
To: Nyef <nyef@softhome.net>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/20/2001 16:05:42
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:25:20PM -0500, Nyef wrote:
> The EtherPort IIN memory is laid out as word locations with long
> alignment, which means writing new read_hdr(), ring_copy(), write_mbuf(),
> and test_mem() functions for it.

Bummer...  I haven't looked at this stuff in a while.  Is it possible to
make this a property of the bus space?  Or at least use function
pointers for the read_hdr, ring_copy, etc.?

> I've hacked up the ae driver to send packets properly over my EtherPort
> card. I'll clean it up and try to get packet reception working later...

Cool.

> For some reason, NetBSD is ignoring interrups requested by either card,
> and I haven't been able to figure out why. Does anyone have any ideas?

This is a IIcx, right?  What are all of the cards that you have
installed?  Presumably, you have a video card of some sort in addition
to these ethernet cards.  Is that right?

How are you checking for interrupts?

-allen

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