* Conformance with Dingo specification. This includes:
Collision/error statistics gathering.
Multicast address filtering, eg. the hash filter.
Initialisation and interrupt handling sequences.
Note that I've started on some of this already in v1.20.
* The probe routine needs some more work, to identify oddities such as the
REM10.
* There are still problems with the autonegotiation code; specifically, it
won't autonegotiate with some 10/100 hubs. This might simply be the hardware
not getting along, in which case there's nothing we can do, but it's still
worth investigating
* CEM28/CEM33 support. Should be able to integrate this directly from the
Linux code.
* Performance enhancements:
Full-duplex on 10Mbit networks.
Virtual shared-memory mode.
Early send and receive modes.
Developed by: Scott Mitchell <scott@uk.freebsd.org>
Obtained from: http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/
The cdevsw_add() function now finds the major number(s) in the
struct cdevsw passed to it. cdevsw_add_generic() is no longer
needed, cdevsw_add() does the same thing.
cdevsw_add() will print an message if the d_maj field looks bogus.
Remove nblkdev and nchrdev variables. Most places they were used
bogusly. Instead check a dev_t for validity by seeing if devsw()
or bdevsw() returns NULL.
Move bdevsw() and devsw() functions to kern/kern_conf.c
Bump __FreeBSD_version to 400006
This commit removes:
72 bogus makedev() calls
26 bogus SYSINIT functions
if_xe.c bogusly accessed cdevsw[], author/maintainer please fix.
I4b and vinum not changed. Patches emailed to authors. LINT
probably broken until they catch up.
v1.19 (1999/04/15) updates the CEM56/REM56 support.
Current bugs & misfeatures
--------------------------
* CE2 cards still not working reliably. Unclear if this is related to
packet I/O code or interrupt handling.
* Autonegotiation support remains flaky. We're now OK with 10Mbit auto
hubs, but certain combination of hardware will fail to connect.
Developed by: Scott Mitchell <scott@uk.freebsd.org>
Obtained from: http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/
v1.18 (1999/04/08) adds support for CEM56 and REM56 multifunction cards.
Developed by: Scott Mitchell <scott@uk.freebsd.org>
Obtained from: http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/
v1.17 (1999/03/28) has xperimental fixes to 10Mbit autonegotiation and
CE2 input lockup.
KNOWN BUGS
==========
* Media auto-negotiation is definitely not right. It will work in most
circumstances and seems to connect OK to most 100Mbit networks, however some
pathological combinations of hubs/networks/peers seem to confuse it.
* CE2 support is somewhat flakey (ranging from 'works perfectly' to 'hangs the
machine' so far). I've fixed the probe routine and a potential lockup in
the output routine, but a lot of people still report that they can't receive
or transmit.
* You won't be able to use the modem and Ethenet parts of a multifunction card
simultaneously. This is limitation the current FreeBSD PCMCIA support.
Likewise, there is no support for CardBus devices.
Developed by: Scott Mitchell <scott@uk.freebsd.org>
Obtained from: http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/
v1.16 (1999/03/08) fixed BPF input hang and infinite loop on CE2
short-packet output.
Developed by: Scott Mitchell <scott@uk.freebsd.org>
Obtained from: http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/
This driver is mostly based on the `xirc2ps' driver for Linux by Werner
Koch. Werner has even allowed his code to be distributed under a BSD licence,
making our life considerably easier -- thanks Werner!
This driver supports:
* Intel EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100 PCCARD (16-bit version)
* Xircom CreditCard CE2 / CEM28 / CEM33 / CE3 / CEM56 Ethernet adapters.
* Toshiba Advanced Network 10/100 PCCARD
* Certain Compaq Netelligent 10/100 branded cards
v1.14 has major changes to media selection code, and bugfixes in the
probe routine.
Developed by: Scott Mitchell <scott@uk.freebsd.org>
Obtained from: http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/
