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8.5 KiB
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179 lines
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Originally, this driver was written for the Digital Equipment
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Corporation series of EtherWORKS Ethernet cards:
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DE425 TP/COAX EISA
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DE434 TP PCI
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DE435 TP/COAX/AUI PCI
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DE450 TP/COAX/AUI PCI
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DE500 10/100 PCI Fasternet
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but it will now attempt to support all cards which conform to the
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Digital Semiconductor SROM Specification. The driver currently
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recognises the following chips:
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DC21040 (no SROM)
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DC21041[A]
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DC21140[A]
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DC21142
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DC21143
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So far the driver is known to work with the following cards:
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KINGSTON
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Linksys
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ZNYX342
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SMC8432
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SMC9332 (w/new SROM)
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ZNYX31[45]
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ZNYX346 10/100 4 port (can act as a 10/100 bridge!)
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The driver has been tested on a relatively busy network using the DE425,
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DE434, DE435 and DE500 cards and benchmarked with 'ttcp': it transferred
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16M of data to a DECstation 5000/200 as follows:
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TCP UDP
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TX RX TX RX
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DE425 1030k 997k 1170k 1128k
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DE434 1063k 995k 1170k 1125k
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DE435 1063k 995k 1170k 1125k
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DE500 1063k 998k 1170k 1125k in 10Mb/s mode
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All values are typical (in kBytes/sec) from a sample of 4 for each
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measurement. Their error is +/-20k on a quiet (private) network and also
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depend on what load the CPU has.
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=========================================================================
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The ability to load this driver as a loadable module has been included
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and used extensively during the driver development (to save those long
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reboot sequences). Loadable module support under PCI and EISA has been
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achieved by letting the driver autoprobe as if it were compiled into the
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kernel. Do make sure you're not sharing interrupts with anything that
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cannot accommodate interrupt sharing!
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To utilise this ability, you have to do 8 things:
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0) have a copy of the loadable modules code installed on your system.
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1) copy de4x5.c from the /linux/drivers/net directory to your favourite
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temporary directory.
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2) for fixed autoprobes (not recommended), edit the source code near
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line 5594 to reflect the I/O address you're using, or assign these when
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loading by:
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insmod de4x5 io=0xghh where g = bus number
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hh = device number
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NB: autoprobing for modules is now supported by default. You may just
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use:
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insmod de4x5
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to load all available boards. For a specific board, still use
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the 'io=?' above.
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3) compile de4x5.c, but include -DMODULE in the command line to ensure
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that the correct bits are compiled (see end of source code).
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4) if you are wanting to add a new card, goto 5. Otherwise, recompile a
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kernel with the de4x5 configuration turned off and reboot.
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5) insmod de4x5 [io=0xghh]
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6) run the net startup bits for your new eth?? interface(s) manually
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(usually /etc/rc.inet[12] at boot time).
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7) enjoy!
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To unload a module, turn off the associated interface(s)
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'ifconfig eth?? down' then 'rmmod de4x5'.
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Automedia detection is included so that in principle you can disconnect
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from, e.g. TP, reconnect to BNC and things will still work (after a
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pause whilst the driver figures out where its media went). My tests
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using ping showed that it appears to work....
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By default, the driver will now autodetect any DECchip based card.
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Should you have a need to restrict the driver to DIGITAL only cards, you
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can compile with a DEC_ONLY define, or if loading as a module, use the
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'dec_only=1' parameter.
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I've changed the timing routines to use the kernel timer and scheduling
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functions so that the hangs and other assorted problems that occurred
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while autosensing the media should be gone. A bonus for the DC21040
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auto media sense algorithm is that it can now use one that is more in
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line with the rest (the DC21040 chip doesn't have a hardware timer).
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The downside is the 1 'jiffies' (10ms) resolution.
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IEEE 802.3u MII interface code has been added in anticipation that some
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products may use it in the future.
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The SMC9332 card has a non-compliant SROM which needs fixing - I have
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patched this driver to detect it because the SROM format used complies
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to a previous DEC-STD format.
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I have removed the buffer copies needed for receive on Intels. I cannot
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remove them for Alphas since the Tulip hardware only does longword
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aligned DMA transfers and the Alphas get alignment traps with non
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longword aligned data copies (which makes them really slow). No comment.
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I have added SROM decoding routines to make this driver work with any
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card that supports the Digital Semiconductor SROM spec. This will help
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all cards running the dc2114x series chips in particular. Cards using
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the dc2104x chips should run correctly with the basic driver. I'm in
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debt to <mjacob@feral.com> for the testing and feedback that helped get
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this feature working. So far we have tested KINGSTON, SMC8432, SMC9332
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(with the latest SROM complying with the SROM spec V3: their first was
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broken), ZNYX342 and LinkSys. ZNYX314 (dual 21041 MAC) and ZNYX 315
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(quad 21041 MAC) cards also appear to work despite their incorrectly
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wired IRQs.
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I have added a temporary fix for interrupt problems when some SCSI cards
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share the same interrupt as the DECchip based cards. The problem occurs
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because the SCSI card wants to grab the interrupt as a fast interrupt
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(runs the service routine with interrupts turned off) vs. this card
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which really needs to run the service routine with interrupts turned on.
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This driver will now add the interrupt service routine as a fast
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interrupt if it is bounced from the slow interrupt. THIS IS NOT A
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RECOMMENDED WAY TO RUN THE DRIVER and has been done for a limited time
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until people sort out their compatibility issues and the kernel
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interrupt service code is fixed. YOU SHOULD SEPARATE OUT THE FAST
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INTERRUPT CARDS FROM THE SLOW INTERRUPT CARDS to ensure that they do not
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run on the same interrupt. PCMCIA/CardBus is another can of worms...
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Finally, I think I have really fixed the module loading problem with
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more than one DECchip based card. As a side effect, I don't mess with
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the device structure any more which means that if more than 1 card in
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2.0.x is installed (4 in 2.1.x), the user will have to edit
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linux/drivers/net/Space.c to make room for them. Hence, module loading
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is the preferred way to use this driver, since it doesn't have this
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limitation.
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Where SROM media detection is used and full duplex is specified in the
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SROM, the feature is ignored unless lp->params.fdx is set at compile
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time OR during a module load (insmod de4x5 args='eth??:fdx' [see
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below]). This is because there is no way to automatically detect full
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duplex links except through autonegotiation. When I include the
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autonegotiation feature in the SROM autoconf code, this detection will
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occur automatically for that case.
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Command line arguments are now allowed, similar to passing arguments
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through LILO. This will allow a per adapter board set up of full duplex
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and media. The only lexical constraints are: the board name (dev->name)
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appears in the list before its parameters. The list of parameters ends
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either at the end of the parameter list or with another board name. The
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following parameters are allowed:
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fdx for full duplex
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autosense to set the media/speed; with the following
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sub-parameters:
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TP, TP_NW, BNC, AUI, BNC_AUI, 100Mb, 10Mb, AUTO
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Case sensitivity is important for the sub-parameters. They *must* be
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upper case. Examples:
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insmod de4x5 args='eth1:fdx autosense=BNC eth0:autosense=100Mb'.
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For a compiled in driver, in linux/drivers/net/CONFIG, place e.g.
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DE4X5_OPTS = -DDE4X5_PARM='"eth0:fdx autosense=AUI eth2:autosense=TP"'
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Yes, I know full duplex isn't permissible on BNC or AUI; they're just
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examples. By default, full duplex is turned off and AUTO is the default
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autosense setting. In reality, I expect only the full duplex option to
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be used. Note the use of single quotes in the two examples above and the
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lack of commas to separate items.
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