Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:50:17 -0500 | From | Benjamin LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] - 2.4.16 ns83820 optical support (Netgear GA621) |
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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?
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