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v2.1.110/linux/Documentation/tlan.txt
- Orig date:
Tue Jul 21 00:15:29 1998
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-TLAN driver for Linux, version 1.0
-README
-
-Well, I'm back. The TLAN driver seems pretty stable, so I'm
-declaring this cycle of development finished, and calling the
-driver 1.0. I will, of course continue to work on improving
-the driver, and work towards a 2.0 release.
-
-
-
-I. Supported Devices.
-
- Only PCI devices will work with this driver.
-
- Supported:
- Vendor ID Device ID Name
- 0e11 ae32 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP
- 0e11 ae34 Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP
- 0e11 ae35 Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P
- 0e11 ae40 Compaq Netelligent Dual 10/100 TX PCI UTP
- 0e11 ae43 Compaq Netelligent Integrated 10/100 TX UTP
- 0e11 b011 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP
- 0e11 b012 Compaq Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax
- 0e11 b030 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP
- 0e11 f130 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
- 0e11 f150 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
- 108d 0012 Olicom OC-2325
- 108d 0013 Olicom OC-2183
- 108d 0014 Olicom OC-2326
-
-
- Caveats:
-
- I am not sure if 100BaseTX daughterboards (for those cards which
- support such things) will work. I haven't had any solid evidence
- either way.
-
- However, if a card supports 100BaseTx without requiring an add
- on daughterboard, it should work with 100BaseTx.
-
- The "Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax" (b012) device is untested,
- but I do not expect any problems.
-
-
-II. Building the Driver.
-
- The TLAN driver may be compiled into the kernel, or it may be compiled
- as a module separately, or in the kernel. A patch is included for
- 2.0.29 (which also works for 2.0.30, 2.0.31, and 2.0.32).
-
- To compile it as part of the kernel:
- 1. Download and untar the TLAN driver package.
- 2. If your kernel is 2.1.45 or later, you do not need to patch the
- kernel sources. Copy the tlan.c and tlan.h to drivers/net in
- the kernel source tree.
- 3. Otherwise, apply the appropriate patch for your kernel. For
- example:
-
- cd /usr/src/linux
- patch -p1 < kernel.2.0.29
-
- 4. Copy the files tlan.c and tlan.h from the TLAN package to the
- directory drivers/net in the Linux kernel source tree.
- 5. Configure your kernel for the TLAN driver. Answer 'Y' when
- prompted to ask about experimental code (the first question).
- Then answer 'Y' when prompted if to include TI ThunderLAN
- support. If you want the driver compiled as a module, answer 'M'
- instead of 'Y'.
- 6. Make the kernel and, if necessary, the modules.
-
- To compile the TLAN driver independently:
- 1. Download and untar the TLAN driver package.
- 2. Change to the tlan directory.
- 3. If you are NOT using a versioned kernel (ie, want an non-
- versioned module), edit the Makefile, and comment out the
- line:
- MODVERSIONS = -DMODVERSIONS
- 4. Run 'make'.
-
-
-III. Driver Options
- 1. You can append debug=x to the end of the insmod line to get
- debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean
- the following:
-
- 0x01 Turn on general debugging messages.
- 0x02 Turn on receive debugging messages.
- 0x04 Turn on transmit debugging messages.
- 0x08 Turn on list debugging messsages.
-
- 2. You can append aui=1 to the end of the insmod line to cause
- the adapter to use the AUI interface instead of the 10 Base T
- interface. This is also what to do if you want to use the BNC
- connector on a TLAN based device. (Setting this option on a
- device that does not have an AUI/BNC connector will probably
- cause it to not function correctly.)
-
- 4. You can set duplex=1 to force half duplex, and duplex=2 to
- force full duplex.
-
- 5. You can set speed=10 to force 10Mbs operation, and speed=100Mbs
- to force 100Mbs operation. (I'm not sure what will happen
- if a card which only supports 10Mbs is forced into 100Mbs
- mode.)
-
- 3. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd
- and 4th parameters to set aui and debug respectively. For
- example:
-
- ether=0,0,0x1,0x7,eth0
-
- This sets aui to 0x1 and debug to 0x7, assuming eth0 is a
- supported TLAN device.
-
- The bits in the third byte are assigned as follows:
-
- 0x01 = aui
- 0x02 = use SA_INTERRUPT flag when reserving the irq.
- 0x04 = use half duplex
- 0x08 = use full duplex
- 0x10 = use 10BaseT
- 0x20 = use 100BaseTx
-
-
-IV. Things to try if you have problems.
- 1. Make sure your card's PCI id is among those listed in
- section I, above.
- 1. Make sure routing is correct.
- 2. If you are using a 2.1.x kernel, try to duplicate the
- problem on a 2.0.x (preferably 2.0.29 or 2.0.30) kernel.
-
-
-There is also a tlan mailing list which you can join by sending "subscribe tlan"
-in the body of an email to majordomo@vuser.vu.union.edu.
-
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