Carsten Langgaard wrote: > "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 At least in the 2.4.0 version. > > > > > 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 -- _ _ ____ ___ 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
