Subject: Re: Cabletron ethernet nubus and 1.6.1
To: Kazuyuki Inanaga <happyday@pp.iij4u.or.jp>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/15/2004 15:35:27
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Kazuyuki Inanaga wrote:

> At 9:06 AM -0500 04.1.15, Michael R.Zucca wrote:
> > Maybe the ae and sn drivers can be modified to check more than vendor
> > ID to verify that the card is really an 8390 vs a SONIC. The sn driver
> > could also be modified to check for the CABLETRON vendor, which it
> > currently does not.
>
> I tried to set CABLETRON Vendor type in if_snvar.h and nubus.h,
> but I found myself immediately "I have NO skill to do that" :)
> I shall be very glad if I'm a tester for that.

One of you folks having problems with these cards should at least
file a problem report (PR), and give as much information as you have.

Frederick