Subject: Re: Xircom 10/100 + modem cardbus driver
To: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@telnetmedia.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/11/2000 21:20:42
> 
> Darren Reed <darrenr@telnetmedia.com> writes:
> 
> > 1. try and adapt if_xe.c to become if_xe_cardbus.c
> 
> This won't work, they are completely different chips.
> 
> > 2. use the tulip driver (it has a 21143) for networking only
> 
> There are cards with real 21143 in them, and cards with Xircom's
> 21143-clone (X3201), both should handled by the tlp driver. You seem
> to have the latter.
> 
> > ukphy0 at tlp0 phy 0: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
> > ukphy0: OUI 0x00c039, model 0x0014, rev. 10
> > ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> 
> Try adding tqphy to your config file.

Yes, that did the trick :)

> > The catch with (2) appears to be that "com* at cardbus? dev ?
> > function ?"  is currently not valid so a modem driver would still be
> > needed.
> 
> I have a com_cardbus.c laying around here, the reason I haven't
> committed it is that I've never been able to make it work properly,
> but I can send it to you. (the problem I have is that I seem to get
> ~8bps when talking to the modem).

I'm willing to test it further so send it over!

Darren