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78 lines
3.1 KiB
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Installation Directions:
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EMail me (becker@super.org) telling me you've gotten the "experimental
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drivers". I need to know how many people have tried, succeeded and
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failed before this is released as part of the official Linux.
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Use Linux 0.99.2 or later. Make certain you can make a working kernel
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_before_ you install the ethercard driver.
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Put the all of the files into linux/net/tcp/. You'll need
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GNUmakefile 8390.c 8390.h Space.c wd.c ne.c 3c503.c 3c503reg.h and hp.c.
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Space.c is the only tricky one -- it overwrites the old Space.c.
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Stock versions of Space.c leave the "we" driver enabled and will not work.
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Change the GNUmakefile to reflect your configuration. Use the guide at
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the end of these instructions.
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Make and install your new kernel.
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To actually use this driver you must get the TCP/IP package and edit
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your /usr/etc/inet/rc.net file to config "eth_if" instead of
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"eth0" (the WD8003). (Alternately you can edit the GNUmakefile to use the
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"eth0" name.)
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If you try to 'config' an interface that doesn't exist your kernel
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will report "invalid ioctl()" for anthing that tries to use the card.
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Note that the ethercard devices aren't (yet) real '/dev/eth_if' devices --
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they only exist in the socket namespace and thus you don't need to
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'mknode' them.
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Important defines
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For Space.c
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#define EI8390 0x300 /* The base address of your ethercard. */
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#define EI8390_IRQ 5 /* and the interrupt you want to use. */
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For 8390.c
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#define EI_DEBUG 2 /* Use '0' for no messages. */
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#define EL2 /* For the 3c503 driver. */
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#define NE2000 /* For the NE1000/NE2000/Ctron driver. */
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#define WD80x3 /* For the WD8003/WD8013 driver. */
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#define HPLAN /* For the HP27xxx driver. */
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For the individual drivers
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#undef EI_8BIT /* Define for ne.c iff you have an 8 bit card.*/
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#undef EI8390_THICK /* Define for 3c503 AUI/DIX transceiver.*/
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EI8390 Define (probably in autoconf.h or config.site.h) this to the base
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address of your ethernet card.
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EI8390_IRQ Define (probably in autoconf.h or config.site.h) this to the
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IRQ line of your ethernet card. Most drivers convert a IRQ2 to an
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IRQ9 for you, so don't be surprised.
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EI_DEBUG Set to the desired numeric debugging level. Use 3 or
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greater when actively debugging a problem, '1' for a
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casual interest in what's going on, and '0' for normal
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use. (Most of the debugging stuff has been taken out recently,
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so this won't have much effect.)
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EI_PINGPONG
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Not included or broken the alpha version. Define this if you want
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ping-pong transmit buffers.
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EI_8BIT
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If you are using the ne.c driver and have an 8-bit card (NE1000 or
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E1xxx Cabletron) you must define this. It's not needed for the other
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drivers, and I hope to find a way to clean this up in the future.
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EI8390_THICK
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Define for this if you are using the 3c503 and use the AUI/DIX
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connector rather than the built-in thin-net transceiver.
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If you have a Cabletron ethercard you might want to look at ne.c:neprobe()
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for info on how to enable more packet buffer space.
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ETHERLINK1_IRQ
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ETHERLINK1 Define these to the base address and IRQ of a 3c501 (NOT 3c503)
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card. Refer to net/tcp/Space.c.
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