Thomas Backlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There seems to be a newer driver that supports
> 3c920 nic (one of the nic on nforce2 boards)
>
> It would be nice to get it included in the kernel,
> so that all nforce2 users have atleast 1 working
> nic right out of the box.
>
> The file is at:
> ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/3c59x.c
Better to get the current driver supporting it, patch forwarded to me
by Jgarzik :
# --------------------------------------------
# 03/01/05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.879.1.24
# [PATCH] 3c59x: 3c920 support
#
# Patch from Urban Widmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# Adds support for the 3c920, which appears to be the same as a 3c905C.
# --------------------------------------------
#
diff -Nru a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
--- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c Tue Jan 14 14:09:19 2003
+++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c Tue Jan 14 14:09:19 2003
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
CH_3CCFEM656_1,
CH_3C450,
+ CH_3C920,
};
@@ -551,6 +552,8 @@
MAX_COLLISION_RESET|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, },
{"3c450 HomePNA Tornado", /*
AKPM: from Don's 0.99Q */
PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_TORNADO|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, },
+ {"3c920 Tornado",
+ PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_TORNADO|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, },
{0,}, /* 0 terminated list. */
};
@@ -594,6 +597,7 @@
{ 0x10B7, 0x6564, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3CCFEM656_1 },
{ 0x10B7, 0x4500, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C450 },
+ { 0x10B7, 0x9201, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C920 },
{0,} /* 0 terminated list. */
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, vortex_pci_tbl);
>
>
> Too bad I cant verify that it actually works,
> I cant get current cooker to boot on my nforce2 board..
