Re: Ethernet support

[Rudi C. <ru...@am...>]

On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 09:04:31PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > I've been looking at APUS' support for Zorro Ethernet cards and it
> > doesn't seem that encouraging. The FAQ, which is quite old, lists only
> > the A2065, the AriadneI/II and the Hydra as supported.
> And PCMCIA NE2000 clones through the apne driver?

That's another thing that puzzled me. Chapter 6 of the FAQ, located at
<ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/docs/working.html>,
makes no mention of any PCMCIA hardware. There's a mention though at
<ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/docs/getting-the-kernel.html#INCLUDED-HARDWARE-DRIVERS>

> Which Realtek chip? I guess the RTL8019AS? That would be the most logical
> choice.

http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/xsurf_e.htm only mentions "Realtek
chipset". Though it also says "all programming docs open (for
Linux-drivers)".

> Is the full programming documentation available in electronic form? If you
> send it to me, I might even adapt ariadne2.c myself...

I'll inquiry individual Computers.

> > The AriadneII could be the second option, but the FAQ says it runs at 10%
> > the speed of the Amiga (SANA) driver. Have things improved in the
> > meantime? The cards also seem to be harder to find, BTW.
> That's weird. AFAIK the Ariadne II driver gets nearly 1 MB/s if you have a
> fast CPU. Since that's close to the theoretical limit of Ethernet, I don't
> think there's much area for improvement.

I was just reporting what the FAQ says. Maybe the above is based on an
older version of the driver?

> > Any suggestions?
> Buy an X-surf, and get it to work :-)

I'll try that. The problem is that I've already had to mess too much with
Linux sources lately, hacking others' stuff (RedHat's) while I'm supposed
to do something else. ;) The bug-fixing procedure was so cumbersome and
painful that I don't feel like getting into anything similar anytime
soon. Hopefully, with the helpful explanations you made, it won't take
much effort. ;)

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