Hi David, On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:33 PM, David Gálvez <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/4/22 Michael Schmitz <[email protected]>: >> Now - does anyone here on this list or on debian-68k own such hardware and >> would be in a position to test a USB driver written to this spec? Is the >> hardware still for sale? >> (Not that I am at all sure whether the ISP1160 driver will run in a timer >> polled mode at all ...) >> > > Hi, I would like to help to make those tests, although my only > experience with Linux is as Ubuntu user. I have a CT060 Falcon with a > NetUSBee and also an Ethernat and I've just installed Linux in it. I
Thanks for your offer - what kernel version does your Falcon Linux installation currently use? My development is based on 3.4-rc3, if your Linux system is a recent enough one there should not be any problems with booting 3.4 kernels. I will send a kernel image file and a modules archive by separate mail. The kernel and modules I can provide won't come nicely packaged as in Ubuntu or Debian kernel image packages. You will have to extract the modules archive in the root of your file system, and then run 'depmod -a 3.4.0-rc3-atari-35598-gf7ff2b8-dirty' (all as root) before booting the 3.4 kernel. Once the new kernel has booted, please try loading the EtherNAT drivers (called smc91x for the network and isp116x-hcd for the USB driver). Check the kernel message log (command 'dmesg') for any messages relating to the modules loading. The smc91x should load OK, I run into problems later on when the corresponding network interface is brought up. The USB one balks at the initial hardware checks on my Falcon. If you happen to get kernel panic messages these should be possible to catch with a serial nullmodem cable between your Falcon and another computer. > did some work for FreeMiNT's USB drivers for both cards. Under MiNT > the Ethernat driver is working but I have problems with the NetUSBee > one, it isn't working reliable. I hope that the Linux driver for the > NetUSBee enlighten me to see where is the problem with the MiNT > driver. We don't have a USB driver for the NetUSBee right now - though it should not be too hard to pull off (I need to write a bit of ROM port access glue for that). I will have to send a new kernel image for that kind of change but most of the modules should be possible to reuse. The Ethernet part of the NetUSBee should work using the atari_ethernec driver in currrent kernels. The driver has been renamed to 'ne' in my development branch. The USB driver is named isp116x-hcd for the EtherNAT. I'll try to use the same driver name for the NetUSBee if that's possible (it's easy enough if you only have one of the two installed, but may be a bit difficult if you've got them both). > About if it's still possible to buy the NetUSBee, The last week there > was a thread in atari-forum.com talking about it, it looks like nobody > knows anybody who is making them right now: > > http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23362 > > I bought mine last year from one person in Germany I can send you an > email with his address if you're interested, just to try. All I would do with the hardware is test a Linux driver on it - I'm OK with the EtherNEC at the moment. Others may make better use of the scarce hardware. Stay tuned for the kernel and modules - I'll send them off right away. Regards, Michael Schmitz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
