Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:18:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:18:35 -0500 Received: from due.stud.ntnu.no ([129.241.56.71]:46533 "EHLO due.stud.ntnu.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:18:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 01:18:23 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_Lang=E5s?= To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters Message-ID: <20020219011823.A28861@stud.ntnu.no> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3C6D07B9.596AD49E@mandrakesoft.com> <20020215153604.A29642@stud.ntnu.no> <20020215.122047.41633873.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020215.122047.41633873.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:20:47PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David S. Miller: > No, we've been reverse engineering the hardware using the sources of > Broadcom's driver. This is why the work is taking so long. Ok, I've downloaded the driver, and tried building as a modue to a 2.4.17-kernel. It segfaulted when I tried loading it (since it says it's not done, I wasn't expecting it to work :). However, my question is; how do you guys develope network drivers, for instance? I mean, in order to test a new version (after the first has segfaulted), I need to reboot. I've got the broadcom-version dated 2th january 2002, and wanted to try and implement small parts of missing code, mostly for educational purposes to learn more about kernel programming. -- Thomas - 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/