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SubjectRe: [PATCH] - 2.4.16 ns83820 optical support (Netgear GA621)
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:48:26AM +0800, Michael Clark wrote:
> The code reads a 64bit detect flag from the ns chip - so I guess it
> must be bogus with some motherboards. Mine is okay. Ben??

Actually, it's 64 bit addressing that it detects. I'll change the
message to reflect this.

> Okay, so i'll move the register_netdev call earlier on in the
> initialisation and add any necessary unregister call for failures.

Thanks for the patch -- I've now just got to add subsystem id support to
catch an odd 83820 on a motherboard setup that has different polarity for
the duplex + speed inputs. Why do hardware vendors have to be different?

-ben
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