Greetings,
I've attached patches vs. 2.2.17 and 2.4.0-test8 to document clones of
PCI NE2000 cards.
Thanks for considering them,
-Adam P.
Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe!
--- Documentation/Configure.help.bak Mon Sep 25 14:34:57 2000
+++ Documentation/Configure.help Mon Sep 25 14:47:56 2000
@@ -5915,6 +5915,11 @@
say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available via FTP (user:
anonymous) in ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO.
+ This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:
+ RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2
+ NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond
+ Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229
+
This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module will be called ne2k-pci.o. If you want to compile it as a
@@ -5988,6 +5993,8 @@
the RTL8129 and RTL8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and
read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available via FTP (user: anonymous) in
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO.
+
+ Note: the 8029 is a NE2000 PCI clone, you can use the NE2K-PCI driver.
If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
--- drivers/net/Config.in.bak Mon Sep 25 13:44:31 2000
+++ drivers/net/Config.in Mon Sep 25 13:45:29 2000
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
tristate 'Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_LNE390
tristate 'Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_NE3210
fi
- tristate 'PCI NE2000 support' CONFIG_NE2K_PCI
+ tristate 'PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)' CONFIG_NE2K_PCI
tristate 'TI ThunderLAN support' CONFIG_TLAN
tristate 'VIA Rhine support' CONFIG_VIA_RHINE
tristate 'SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support' CONFIG_SIS900
--- 2.4.0-test8/Documentation/Configure.help Mon Sep 25 14:57:50 2000
+++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Mon Sep 25 15:01:40 2000
@@ -8098,6 +8098,11 @@
say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto .
+ This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:
+ RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2
+ NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond
+ Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229
+
This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module will be called ne2k-pci.o. If you want to compile it as a
@@ -8158,6 +8163,8 @@
the RTL8129 chip. If you have one of those, say Y and
read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto .
+
+ Note: the 8029 is a NE2000 PCI clone, you can use the NE2K-PCI driver.
If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
--- 2.4.0-test8/drivers/net/Config.in Mon Sep 25 14:56:53 2000
+++ linux/drivers/net/Config.in Mon Sep 25 14:59:33 2000
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
tristate ' Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_LNE390
fi
dep_tristate ' National Semiconductor DP83810 series PCI Ethernet support' CONFIG_NATSEMI $CONFIG_PCI
- dep_tristate ' PCI NE2000 support' CONFIG_NE2K_PCI $CONFIG_PCI
+ dep_tristate ' PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)' CONFIG_NE2K_PCI $CONFIG_PCI
if [ "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL" = "y" ]; then
tristate ' Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_NE3210
fi
