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Configuration of jumperless Ethernet cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raj Mathur)
Thu Feb 8 03:11:00 1996
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 96 23:25 IST(+0530)
From: raju@gratis.xgroup.ernet.in (Raj Mathur)
To: linux-config@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: linux-apps@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Reply-To: raju@xgroup.ernet.in
Hi,
Has anyone used those jumperless Ethernet cards which are configured
through some nifty software running on MS-DUH and only MS-DUH? Agreed
that the software is nifty and MS-DUH even more so ;-) , it's still a
pain to have to find a DOS machine to run the config software on, so I
was wondering if something similar could be written for Linux?
If it's already there, please send a pointer to the location. If not,
would someone be interested in collaborating in writing the software
for popular cards to run under Linux? I say ``collaborating'' since I
have no idea at all about hardware programming, so I'm looking at a
situation where we work together, make out the user interface and the
interface between the low-level and the user-level routines, and then
you code the hardware interface while I code the user interface. C/C++
are the languages of choice.
Or am I talking through my hat? Is it possible to do it at all in user
space? Will card vendors release the programming details without a
NDA? Seeking enlightenment...
-- Raju
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