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Re: etherboot-3.2




On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Rogier Wolff wrote:

> Paulo Jorge Veloso Lameirinhas wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 markus@infoscape.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Paulo Jorge Veloso Lameirinhas writes:
> > >  > > This part will probably require you to have access to
> > >  > > technical documentation for the card.
> > >  > 
> > >  > I Do Not Have Access To That Kind of Information Besides the NICs
> > >  > But I Whish To Do Something ...
> > >  > I Also Have 3c509 NICs and I Was Asking To My Self ...
> > >  > If I Read The Linux Driver Code For This One From Donald Becker
> > >  > And Also Read The Code In etherboot For This One
> > >  > To Understand More About This Kind of Stuff ... !!!
> > >  > And Later Read The Linux Driver Code " eepro.c " From Bao Ha
> > >  > This Could Be a Start ... ???
> > > 
> > > Not having access to the chip's technical documentation will make
> > > things somewhat more difficult. While it is often possible to reverse
> > > engineer existing driver code, you are bound to waste some time on
> > > trial'n'error where printed documentation could give you an immediate
> > > answer to your problem. You can probably get started with this
> > > project, without having a copy of the chip's technical manual, but for
> > > the final touches official documentation is really helpful; you should
> > > try to contact the manufacturer and ask if they can provide you with
> > > more documentation. Very often, they are quite helpful and you will
> > > either be able to download a PDF file from their web page or you can
> > > mail-order a printed copy.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Markus
> > 
> > Thank You Markus
> > 
> > I Will Try To Contact Intel & Bao Ha (wrore the driver for linux)
> > To Get More Documentation !
> > 
> > I Also Ask You To Let Me Know When You Have More News About " etherboot "
> 
> > Once Again Thank You To That Suport You Give To Me
> 
> 
> You should also have a look at my etherexpress pro/100 driver for 
> etherboot 3.1....
> 
> 
> 				Roger.
> 
> 

I Use Pine To Read Mail(s) & I Think I Receive a Corrupte driver
But I Have Your Driver for etherboot 3.2 ... Thank You Any Way

Do You Know Any One Who Works For intel ...
And Can Also Give-me Official Technical Documentation ?

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