8 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
wpaul
7bcec4ef4c Add some tweaks to mx_mii_readreg(), mx_phy_readreg(), mx_phy_writereg()
and mx_setcfg() so that we can read the internal MII registers on the
MX98713 chip correctly. With these changes, media autoselection now
works correctly on the original 98713. All Macronix chips should now
be properly supported (unless there's a surprise waiting in the 98725).

Thanks to Ulf Zimmermann for providing a 98713 board.
1999-01-06 17:30:06 +00:00
wpaul
eaf34b61de Minor bug: in the case where allocating a fresh mbuf for the receive ring
fails, we need to set the descriptor status word so that the 'OWN' bit
is set again so that the chip can reuse it. Previously, this wasn't being
done.
1999-01-03 02:05:21 +00:00
wpaul
7378825b0e One more time: another case where we need to trim the CRC manually. 1998-12-24 19:10:05 +00:00
dillon
1b46557c21 probe function changed from returning char * to const char *. 1998-12-14 06:37:37 +00:00
archie
60d13c7a9d The "easy" fixes for compiling the kernel -Wunused: remove unreferenced static
and local variables, goto labels, and functions declared but not defined.
1998-12-07 21:58:50 +00:00
wpaul
f72fa84f93 Add sanity check to foo_start() routines: in the unlikely (though
apparently possible) event that the transmit start routine is
called with and empty if_snd queue, bail out instead of dereferencing
unilitialized transmit list pointers and panicking.
1998-12-05 02:21:44 +00:00
wpaul
1a73567f51 Put back some missing chip identification code that got lost somehow
during a trek through RCS. The Macronix 98713 and 98713A both have the
same PCI device ID but different revision numbers, and we need to be
able to tell one from the other. The 98715 and 98715A chips have the
same device ID as the 98725 chip but different revision numbers, however
we lump them into the same category except when identifying them during
the PCI probe output.

The main reason we need tell the chips apart is that the Macronix app
notes say you have to write a special magic number into one of the
registers in order to put the chip in normal operating mode. The 98713
requires one magic value, while all the others require a different one.
1998-12-04 21:48:12 +00:00
wpaul
dfd7dd0c59 An early Christmas present: add driver support for a whole bunch of
PCI fast ethernet adapters, plus man pages.

if_pn.c: Netgear FA310TX model D1, LinkSys LNE100TX, Matrox FastNIC 10/100,
         various other PNIC devices

if_mx.c: NDC Communications SOHOware SFA100 (Macronix 98713A), various
         other boards based on the Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A
         and 98725 chips

if_vr.c: D-Link DFE530-TX, other boards based on the VIA Rhine and
         Rhine II chips (note: the D-Link and certain other cards
         that actually use a Rhine II chip still return the PCI
         device ID of the Rhine I. I don't know why, and it doesn't
         really matter since the driver treats both chips the same
         anyway.)

if_wb.c: Trendware TE100-PCIE and various other cards based on the
         Winbond W89C840F chip (the Trendware card is identical to
         the sample boards Winbond sent me, so who knows how many
         clones there are running around)

All drivers include support for ifmedia, BPF and hardware multicast
filtering.

Also updated GENERIC, LINT, RELNOTES.TXT, userconfig and
sysinstall device list.

I also have a driver for the ASIX AX88140A in the works.
1998-12-04 18:01:24 +00:00