On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 05:28:46PM +0000, Phil Norman wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 03:01:33PM +0000, John Ballance wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > its actually the EtherI, from Irlam
> >
> > it differs from others as the NC does not support MEMC addressing (or
> > I believe PS addressing). All access is made usinf EasiSpace addressing..
> > something the netbsd port probably does not currently do...
>
> It depends on the NC. Some have EtherN cards, some EtherI, and some have
> other bizarre cards. But yes, I've heard from another source too that
> the main barrier to porting linux-arm is the ethernet card.
I think most shipped with the EtherN cards. AFAIR, they are based on an
NE2000 clone. The chip itself has its address lines moved up by 4 lines
for multiple load/stores to the data port.
PS, try doing a port for the etherc... the most strange ethernet card
around (and i'm the only one with one, so ner!)
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