Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:23:17 +0100 (MET) | From | Peter Svensson <> | Subject | RE: Linux 2.0.32 and DEC 21142 Ethernet |
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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Doug Ledford wrote:
> On 25-Nov-97 Jos Vos wrote: > >Can anyone tell me if the Digital 21142 chip should work fine with > >Linux 2.0.32? I'm considering to buy a Digital system with a built-in > >21142, but I have serious doubts about the support for this chip in > >2.0.x, after searching for information using AltaVista and Dejanews. > > That's a good question. The de4x5 driver update that went into 2.0.30 (or > was it in 2.0.31) was suppossed to add support for these cards, but I can't > say myself since I haven't used them. [SNIP]
Doesn't the tulip-driver support those chips? Way back when I started using 21140-based cards some cards worked with one driver, some with the other.
The tulip.c source mentions the 21142-chip explicitly as supported.
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