Subject: Re(2): ethernet on powerbook 3400
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@mipsys.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/24/1999 12:16:17
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999, Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:01:07 -0500
> James Spahr <james@designframe.com> wrote:
>
> > > What version of NetBSD are you using?
> >
> > Sorry.
> >
> > NetBSD 1.4.1
> >
> > this is a powerbook 3400/200, 80 RAM on 10BT Ethernet.
>
>Ah, 1.4.1's "de" driver didn't work on big-endian machines. -current
>should. And I have some changes to my new `tlp' driver to support
>big-endian which I haven't committed yet.
There's also a problem with the ethernet/modem combo that is bundled with
some models of the 3400 (I think US models only). Basically, the
interrupt is routed thru a cascaded controller, a bit like the second
heathrow of the wallstreet series, and the interrupt number in the device
tree is wrong.
If someone is interested in implementing support for this, tell me, I can
help, I implemented support for it in linuxppc.