Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] NE2000 driver updates
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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On Gwe, 2003-05-02 at 16:57, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> even willing to spend a few (admittedly costly) extra cycles chasing 
> some additional function pointer de-refs, if we could massively shrink 
> the size and number of NE2000/lance/82596 drivers out there.

Well the 8390 (ne2000 etc) has been abstracted cleanly for a very long
time indeed. 825xx is a pig because they chip variants are all subtly
and evilly different.

> I guarantee these drivers are gonna be with us for many years to come, 
> and designers wanting to bang out a quick-and-easy MAC will create Yet 
> Another NE2000 Clone.[1]

They seem to be cloning tulip nowdays

> Did I mention that a GIGE ne2000 card exists?

I've got a 100Mbit one.

Alan

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