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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
commit | 76cb841cb886eef6b3bee341a2266c76578724ad (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 4.19.249.upstream/4.19.249
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt b/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..25320bf19 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +Note: This driver doesn't have a maintainer. + +Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux. + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 +of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + + +This driver provides kernel support for Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 ethernet cards ( CNET +10/100 ethernet cards uses Davicom chipset too, so this driver supports CNET cards too ).If you +didn't compile this driver as a module, it will automatically load itself on boot and print a +line similar to : + + dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17) + +If you compiled this driver as a module, you have to load it on boot.You can load it with command : + + insmod dmfe + +This way it will autodetect the device mode.This is the suggested way to load the module.Or you can pass +a mode= setting to module while loading, like : + + insmod dmfe mode=0 # Force 10M Half Duplex + insmod dmfe mode=1 # Force 100M Half Duplex + insmod dmfe mode=4 # Force 10M Full Duplex + insmod dmfe mode=5 # Force 100M Full Duplex + +Next you should configure your network interface with a command similar to : + + ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18 + ^^^^^^^^^^^ + Your IP Address + +Then you may have to modify the default routing table with command : + + route add default eth0 + + +Now your ethernet card should be up and running. + + +TODO: + +Implement pci_driver::suspend() and pci_driver::resume() power management methods. +Check on 64 bit boxes. +Check and fix on big endian boxes. +Test and make sure PCI latency is now correct for all cases. + + +Authors: + +Sten Wang <sten_wang@davicom.com.tw > : Original Author + +Contributors: + +Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br> +Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> +Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> +Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> |