Re: Intel/DEC 21143 Flash ROM

[Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au>]

>I have been searching around for any information on Flash ROM support
>for a PCI card based on the Intel/DEC 21143 chipset. The board is a
>TRENDnet TE100-PCIA and has a 28-pin socket on it. I can't find a
>flashing utility for the TRENDnet card in particular, but maybe
>someone knows of one for the Intel/DEC 21143 chipset in general?

Flashing tends to be a NIC specific thing rather than a chipset specific
thing. Chipsets have support for addressing *ROMs but not the extra
circuitry for programming Flash.

You could try flashing the ROM in a programmer or on another NIC, but
that makes it harder to upgrade in situ.
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