Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:50:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:50:49 -0500 Received: from host154.207-175-42.redhat.com ([207.175.42.154]:49074 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:50:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:50:17 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Michael Clark Cc: Rob Myers , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] - 2.4.16 ns83820 optical support (Netgear GA621) Message-ID: <20011205175017.B25214@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3C0CED3B.7030409@metaparadigm.com> <1007501048.14051.28.camel@ransom> <3C0D7CEA.2050307@metaparadigm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C0D7CEA.2050307@metaparadigm.com>; from michael@metaparadigm.com on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:48:26AM +0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:48:26AM +0800, Michael Clark wrote: > The code reads a 64bit detect flag from the ns chip - so I guess it > must be bogus with some motherboards. Mine is okay. Ben?? Actually, it's 64 bit addressing that it detects. I'll change the message to reflect this. > Okay, so i'll move the register_netdev call earlier on in the > initialisation and add any necessary unregister call for failures. Thanks for the patch -- I've now just got to add subsystem id support to catch an odd 83820 on a motherboard setup that has different polarity for the duplex + speed inputs. Why do hardware vendors have to be different? -ben - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/