Subject: Re: netgear-621 driver (gsip) problem
To: Joseph N Reed <jnr@po.cwru.edu>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/17/2002 07:39:43
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 08:43:06AM -0400, Joseph N Reed wrote:
> but $ man gsip shows a section in the BUGS section stating that this driver
> does not support fiber optic cards, which the ga-621 is. the chipset is the
> same as the ga-622, but there's some differences, apparently.
>
> i tried the card under -current 1.5ZC (i386) (src from about 3.5 months ago).
> the kernel recognised the card, but could not determine any media types. when
> i tried to manuall set it via ifconfig, i got an error
> ifconfig: gsip0: no link type?
>
> i'm currently recompiling the kernel with -current 1.6C (i386) (from last
> week), in hopes that something has changed with gsip since then.
>
> anyone have any more information?
I will send you a patch to try today. Lack of 1000BASE-SX support in
that driver is due simply to a lack of hardware for me to test with (all
of my DP83820 cards are 1000BASE-T).
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>