The docs provided do not say and the chip on the board matches
neither of these "SMC EN5030A". But thanks for the tips anyway,
I am going to methodically plod through trying each likely
selection and will also try adding the epic100.
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:37:27 -0500, Steve Yenney wrote:
>Steve Marvin wrote:
>
>> I just downloaded STN, I use a 100BT network and have SMC1211TX
>> cards - Not in the list, tried smc9194 and ultra. I have the
>> SCO driver for the card, is there a way to get STN to use it?
>
>
>NO! You need to identify the ethernet controller chip it uses --
that
>information is not readily available on the SMC web site but it
should
>be
>easy enough to find by looking at the card and/or documentation
you
>received.
>
>Regardless, neither of the two drivers you've already tried are
going to
>work (nor will the others - "SMC Ultra 32" nor
>"Kingston,Linksys,SMC8432,SMC9332" founded under the "untested"
portion
>of the STN GUI ethernet card choices.)
>
>I'm 99% sure that card either uses:
>
>- a Tulip driver (listed in STN Windoze GUI program "untested"
section
>which puts "tulip.o" in the modules folder) if your SMC1211TX
uses a
>"DEC 21140" type ethernet controller (assuming it's an older SMC
>EtherPower series)
>
>- OR -
>
>- has a "SMSC 83c170" ethernet type controller which needs to be
driven
>by the "epic100.o" driver that included in STN modules library --
BUT
>I didn't see a selection available from STN GUI that would write
"envi"
>file correctly and place this driver in the "modules" folder as
needed
>to build an STN boot diskette the card (assuming it's an SMC
EtherPower
>II series)
>
>I believe the latter of these two choices is most likely correct
for the
>SMC1211TX. Although the "epic100.o" driver is included in the
STN
>modules library, it doesn't appear that this driver is selectable
in the
>STN Windoze program. If it hasn't yet been added to the GUI, you
can
>either ask John how to add it or change the "envi" file with an
editor
>and copy the driver manually to the STN boot diskette.
>
>If you want more details:
>
>http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/epic100.html
>
>HTH
>
>
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