On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Matthew Reilly wrote:

> I've got the 19991204 snapshot booting on my Supermac C500.  It seems to
> work great except that it didn't solve my problems with the de ethernet.
> I tried using the tlp but with little success. I didn't see an entry for
> it in any of the config files so I added:
> 
> tlp*    at pci? dev ? function ?        # Tulip based ethernet

Because it's not been fixed up to work with big-endian systems.

> and commented out the de driver.
> 
> The machine boots and seems to see the cards but not configure them:
> 
> Digital Equipment DECchip 21041 ("Tulip Plus") Ethernet (ethernet
> network, revis
> ion 0x21) at pci0 dev 13 function 0 not configured                      
>        
> Digital Equipment DECchip 21041 ("Tulip Plus") Ethernet (ethernet
> network, revis
> ion 0x21) at pci0 dev 14 function 0 not configured                      

I think the tlp driver needs a kernel config option to match the 21041.
Like options TLP_MATCH_21041 . This is so that you can have de's and tlp's
in the same machine at the same time.

Take care,

Bill