"Kevin D. Kissell" wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > I would like to ask if someone knows some more or less widely > available > > > > PCI network card that is compatible with MIPS/Linux. > > > > > > > > I have heard of Tulip and AMD's PCnet. I wonder if you heard of > others. > > > > > > These all have already been used with Linux/MIPS. I don't have any > reports > > > on the current status of these drivers. If they don't work they should > > > be reasonably easy to fix. > > > > The tulip driver worked fine at least in the past. The AMD PCnet driver > works > > just fine, we are using it on our reference boards. > > Note, however, that the Tulip driver that was part of the > standard 2.2/2.3 repository at oss.sgi.com was both > downrev with regard to the author's own web site and > subobtimal if not outright buggy in it's cache management. > The AMD PCnet driver as we found it was clean and efficient > but had no MIPS cache hooks. I had to put those in. > So unless Ralf or someone at SGI that the versions > on oss.sgi.com are the versions I cleaned up for MIPS, > I would recommend pulling them off the MIPS site. > The AMD PCnet driver should be OK in the CVS from oss.sgi.com > > Regards, > > Kevin K. -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com
