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This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of
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the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
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This is a tulip and clone driver for Etherboot. See the revision
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history in the tulip.c file for information on changes. This version
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of the driver incorporates changes from Bob Edwards and Paul Mackerras
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who cantributed changes to support the TRENDnet TE100-PCIA NIC which
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uses a genuine Intel 21143-PD chipset. There are also various code
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cleanups to make time-based activities more reliable.
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Of course you have to have all the usual Etherboot environment
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(bootp/dhcp/NFS) set up, and you need a Linux kernel with v0.91g
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(7.16.99) or later of the tulip.c driver compiled in to support some
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MX98715 based cards. That file is available at:
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http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
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NOTES
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I've tested this driver with a SOHOware Fast 10/100 Model SDA110A,
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a Linksys LNE100TX v2.0, and a Netgear FA310TX card, and it worked at
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both 10 and 100 mbits. Other cards based on the tulip family may work as
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well.
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These cards are about 20$US, are supported by Linux and now Etherboot,
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and being PCI, they auto-configure IRQ and IOADDR and auto-negotiate
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10/100 half/full duplex. It seems like a pretty good value compared to
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some of the pricier cards, and can lower the cost of building/adapting
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thin client workstations substantially while giving a considerable
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performance increase.
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On some PCI tulip clone chipsets (MX987x5, LC82C115, LC82C168) this driver
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lets the card choose the fastest speed it can negotiate with the peer
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device. On other cards, it chooses 10mbit half-duplex.
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I burned an AM27C256 (32KByte) EPROM with mx987x5.lzrom and it worked.
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According to the data sheet the MX98715A supports up to 64K (27C512)
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EPROMs,
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I've liberally commented the code and header files in the hope that it
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will help the next person who hacks the code or needs to support some
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tulip clone card, or wishes to add functionality.
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Anyway, please test this if you can on your tulip based card, and let
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me (mdc@thinguin.org) and the netboot list (netboot@baghira.han.de)
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know how things go. I also would appreciate code review by people who
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program. I'm a strong believer in "another set of eyes".
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Regards,
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Marty Connor
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mdc@thinguin.org
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http://www.thinguin.org/
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