Hello,
Compaq has a dual-port ethernet adapter which is based on the Intel 82559
(the chip used in the Intel Etherexpress Pro/100) as well as an addition
module to this adapter with two extra ports usign the same chip. Any ideas
what does the current kernel module say about this card (w/ and w/o the
extra ports)? Has anyone came across this card and is there any plans to
support it (assuming that the eepro100.o driver doesn't work with all the
4 ports enabled, at least) ?
The card is maid for 64-bit PCI but should be pluggable to the ordinary
32-bit bus in which I should use it.
Sorry, I couldn't have tried these myself because I currently don't have
such board... The NIC's name is: Compaq NC3134 and the additional module
is NC3135. There's also older version of this hardware (might be
called NC3131 if I remember right). Useless to mention, Compaq doesn't
have linux drivers for this board.
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Riku J?rvensivu <[email protected]>
http://www.students.tut.fi/~galaxy/
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, J{rvensivu Riku wrote:
> Useless to mention, Compaq doesn't have linux drivers for this board.
Why useless? It is the vendor's responsibility to write most efficient
drivers for their hardware, at least that was the case with the previously
popular systems like Windows and I don't see why it shouldn't be the case
with Linux which has successfully replaced those. Ask Compaq for the
driver and ask all your friends to ask them for it too -- customer demand
and satisfaction is what matters (or should matter) to commercial entities
;)
Regards,
Tigran