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SMC EtherPower PCI + Linux 1.3.45
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Burton)
Fri Dec 8 09:04:39 1995
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:36:55 -0500 (EST)
From: John Burton <john@gats.hampton.va.us>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi,
I recently purchased an SMC EtherPower PCI board, with a DEC 20140
chip in it. I am currently running Linux 1.3.43 kernel using the de4x5
driver, which *seems* to work okay. I could not make 1.3.45 because of
compile errors with the included tulip and de4x5 drivers, something
dealing with "multicast_list" if I remember correctly. I tried the
tulip 0.07a and 0.10 drivers available on cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov for the
1.3.43 kernel but could not get those to compile due to a definition
conflict for "init_etherdev". Apparently the prototype (and the
subsequent calls) for init_etherdev in the tulip 0.07a and 0.10
drivers contain an extra parameter that doesn't exist in the routine
in net_init.c. So, my questions are:
1) Is anyone working on updating the de4x5 and tulip drivers that
are included with the kernel so that they will actually compile ?
2) Is Donald Becker (or whoever) planning on updating the 0.07a and
0.10 drivers so that they are compatible with the later 1.3.??
kernels?
3) Is there a performance difference between the de4x5 and the tulip
drivers? if so, which is better for use in a machine used as a
DNS, httpd, e-mail, and file server ?
John
John Burton GATS, Inc.
j.c.burton@gats.hampton.va.us 28 Research Drive
j.c.burton@larc.nasa.gov Hampton, VA 23666
(804) 865-7491 (voice) (804) 865-1021 (fax)
