Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:50:13 -0400 (EDT) | From | Donald Becker <> | Subject | Re: Intel i82556 NIC |
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On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Colin Coe wrote:
> I have been rambling about trying to get an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100A > working under Linux for a couple of days. After closer inspection I have > found that the 'eepro100.c' driver supports the i82557 chip set, well my > EtherExpress NIC has the i82556 chip set. The 'eepro100.c' driver also > appears to be specifically PCI, the card I have is ISA. Does anyone know > of a driver to suit or what to do to make it work? I am quite willing to > have a go, even a nudge in the right direction would be nice.
The EEPro100A is a first-generation board, apparently with many "erratas". There is no Linux driver, and a Linux driver for the obsolete i82556 is unlikely. That information is on the EEPro100 web page.
I elected *not* to press Intel for documentation on the i82556 -- if I had signed the NDA I wouldn't be able to echo the reports of significant problems with the chip. (Although some of problems were with the first-generation PLX PCI interface chip.)
Donald Becker becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences. Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. 20771 301-286-0882 http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/people/becker/whoiam.html
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