Subject: Re: e/net card recognition at boot
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
From: charlie allom <charlie@pobox.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/15/1999 13:19:47
At 10:46 PM -0400 14/10/99, Allen Briggs wrote:
>
>On the PDS side (probably), there should be a chip that's larger than
>the others. Does it have 8390 or 83902 written on it? Or some variant
>of 83932?
on the largest chip, it has this:
B9206
DP8390DN
NS32490DN
it also has a small 2-letter code, that a lot of the smaller chips
have as well.. "AK".. the smaller chips range from "AG" to "AJ"
>
>Basically, you need to dig out the RAM, PROM, and register addresses
>for the card, plug them into the right kernel sources, and it will
>probably work (assuming it is an ae device).
hmm. sounds cool. i was reading somewhere you can get the e-net
address from marings on the the U33 chip.. or something like that?
i'm just following blindly now =)
charlie.
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