RE: [Etherboot-developers] A new year deserves a new driver

[Timothy L. <tl...@ro...>]

> Have you also tried it with 5.0? To make a 5.1 driver work on 5.0
> do #define virt_to_bus(x) x

I have started that process...damn config and make files...

> >For some reason, it is extremely slow, taking 5 minutes to obtain its
> >own driver from the dhcp server.  I have not been able to track down
the
> >issue.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Maybe you're polling the wrong bit? It should be a register or memory
> bit that indicates there is at least one complete packet in the
buffer,
> not an interrupt bit or anything interrupt related.

I believe so, but I could be mistaken.  I have looked at the poll
process so many times I no longer know.

> >Once I updated to the most recent version of the cvs, the PC reboots
> >after it obtains its own rom.  I have not yet had the time to figure
it
> >out.
> 
> Possibly the relocation?

Possibly, I tried it with the 3c515 as well and it froze after
retrieving its file.  However since I wrote that driver, I may be the
common link...

> Try it on 5.0 first. Then you won't have 5.1 issues confounding the
> debugging.

I will let you know how it goes.

Tim