[Etherboot-developers] Status of 32515 for non PNP Bioses
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From: Timothy L. <tl...@ro...> - 2002-04-23 03:42:38
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Hi I thought I would give an update in my work on the 3c515 for non PNP devices. I am happy to report that I have managed to enable the card on a non PNP bios. The Etherboot probed, and found the card, but reported the incorrect Node address. I modified the dhcpd.conf file to the incorrect address, and the kernel was sucessfully transfered and booted. At the dhcpclient stage, I had to modify the dhcpd.conf file back to the correct node address (as found by Becker's Linux module). From there it finished the boot process and started the X server. It may be interesting to note, that the node address reported was the serial number that the PNP code had found. Needless to say, there is still a little work left to do, but it does not seem insurmountable anymore. The ISAPNP code has been instramental in this, but I have never seen a more confusing piece of code. I am at a loss to say how it works, and I am surprized that I was able to make heads or tails of it. I guess I am a lot better off than I was just a couple of months ago, when I realized that the brand new card I bought off ebay, was unsupported by Etherboot. ;-) Regards Tim |