Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 100+
To: None <rvb+@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/30/1998 11:31:50
On Thu, 29 Oct 98 22:18:09 EST
rvb+@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu wrote:
> According to Intel's site the Pro 100B (PILA8465B) is being replaced
> by the Pro 100+ (PILA8460). The 100B I have has 82557 stamped on the
> "big" chip, while the 100+ is pretty hard to read, but the specs say
> it is a 82558. I think we maye have discussed these details before.
The 82558 is simply an 82557 + 82555 PHY in one package. It's supported.
> My question is what do I need to do to make the fxp0 driver work with
> the 100+. fxp0 driver seems to identify the card, find the wire address
> and choose an irq, but I get nothing happens. Put a 100B in the same
> slot and it works fine.
>
> I didn't see many changes to if_fxp.c recently. The kernel I'm running
> is from 10/10. There was a change on 10/29 but that seems unrelated.
Is the PHY detected properly? Can you email me dmesg output?
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