Re: packet driver

[Klaus Espenlaub <espenlaub@informatik.uni-ulm.de>]

Rudhuwan Abu Bakar wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > I got this new NIC using rtl8139c chipset. Since etherboot, does not
> > > support it, it tried to use netboot.
> >
> > WHAT?  Etherboot supports all versions of the RTL8139 chip (at least it
> > should - if not, send me a bug report).
> >
> 
> this card is using rtl8139c..it has separate linux driver. I can give you
> the the source code if you want..

For which Linux version?  I know the Linux rtl8129 driver (which handles all
cards up to RTL8139B, but the fix for RTL8139C would be trivial) and the
8139too driver, which handles all cards.  So which one are you using under
Linux?  The chips are nearly identical, so I don't think Etherboot should have
separate drivers for them.

And to put things straight - Etherboot doesn't use Linux drivers.  And the
fact that there are several drivers for chip variants usually indicates that
the old author didn't bother updating the driver for too long and someone
else is taking over.

The Etherboot RTL8139 driver is derived from the Linux driver, which doesn't
necessarily mean that the bugs are the same.  It only shares _some_ code and
the basic style, nothing else.

As I said - the Etherboot RTL8139 driver should handle all chip variants.
If not, send me a bug report (preferably including the messages printed by
Etherboot).  Have you tried a recent 4.6.x version?
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