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- Lines: 32
- Date:
Tue Apr 28 14:22:04 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt
- Orig date:
Sat Nov 29 10:33:18 1997
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt linux/Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
Sun Jul 2 01:38:33 EST 1995
-1. At present the driver autoprobes for a WaveLAN card only at I/O address 0x390.
- The version of the card that I use (NCR) supports four I/O addresses (selectable
- via a pair of DIP switches). If you want the driver to autoprobe a different
- subset of the four valid addresses then you will need to edit
- .../drivers/net/wavelan.c (near line 714) and change the initialisation of the
- `iobase[]' array. Normally, I use a LILO configuration file directive to
- obviate the need for autoprobing entirely, a course of action I heartily
- recommend.
+1. At present the driver autoprobes for a WaveLAN card only at I/O address
+ 0x390. The version of the card that I use (NCR) supports four I/O addresses
+ (selectable via a pair of DIP switches). If you want the driver to
+ autoprobe a different subset of the four valid addresses then you will need
+ to edit .../drivers/net/wavelan.c (near line 714) and change the
+ initialisation of the `iobase[]' array. Normally, I use a LILO
+ configuration file directive to obviate the need for autoprobing entirely,
+ a course of action I heartily recommend.
-2. By default, the driver uses the Network ID (NWID) stored in the card's Parameter
- Storage Area (PSA). However, the PSA NWID can be overridden by a value passed
- explicitly as the third numeric argument to LILO's "ether=" directive, either
- at the LILO prompt at boot time or within LILO's configuration file.
+2. By default, the driver uses the Network ID (NWID) stored in the card's
+ Parameter Storage Area (PSA). However, the PSA NWID can be overridden by a
+ value passed explicitly as the third numeric argument to LILO's "ether="
+ directive, either at the LILO prompt at boot time or within LILO's
+ configuration file.
For example, the following line from such a LILO configuration file would
auto-configure the IRQ value, set the I/O base to 0x390 and set the NWID to
0x4321, all on a WaveLAN card labelled "eth0":
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