>Sounds, good but maybe we can make code changes to help them along until >it gets fixed. I also tried using netboot & the AMD packet driver and >no packets were sent out so it's not just Etherboot. Then I tried to >boot DOS and the use the packet driver with the WATTCP stack and BOOTP >worked just fine. Maybe the require some kind of system initialization >before using the ethernet? I also use FreeDOS, AMD packet driver & WATTCP >stack and it worked. > >Thanks, for the info. Well it may not be just Etherboot but I think the code in Etherboot has bugs. The AMD Lance uses DMA to transfer data and I'm sure I didn't understand it correctly when I wrote the driver, so it doesn't always work. I'd focus on why the DMA channel detection doesn't work. The Lance is a nice controller though. Right up there with the Tulip and the 3Coms in what I regard as good designs. Does VMWare allow you to single step code? It might be a great debugging tool if it does. =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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