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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:33:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Dresser <mdresser_l@windsormachine.com>
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Subject: Re: RTL8139D support for 2.4?
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> this is a toughie...   basically that is an invalid PCI ID that should
> not occur.  the "00ec" should really be "10ec", but it sounds like there
> is a missing bit in the EEPROM where your card's PCI ID is stored.

I'll try another card, and get back to you, just in case it's a
partially fubar card.

> A better patch would add
>
> 	{ 0x00ec, 0x8139, 0xa0a0, 0x0027, ... }

True true, until Aopen plays games with PCI ID's again :)

Never said i was a programmer :)  More of a hacker in the traditional
sense.  Nano is my hammer, all .c code is nails.

> > I left the D card in my workstation for now, I'll see how it handles the
> > nightly backup tonight, and if you want me to test things for 8139cp
>
> cool.  no need to test 8139cp, it won't even load with your card, since
> it is not an 8139C+ chip.

Ok.  I take it the C+ has functions that weren't carried over to D?

> > What IS pci-skeleton then?
> Example driver that other developers may base drivers off of...
Or feed to the Penguin.  Hey, you said red herring :D

Mike

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