cure the problems I was having with interrupts not being acknowledged
on time. This fixes a problem I observed where starting two ping -f
processes at 10Mbps would cause an adapter check due to TX GO commands
being issued before TXEOC interrupts were being acked.
Also fix a small problem with tl_start(): the mechanism I was using
to queue new packets onto the TX chain was bogus.
Change adapter check handler so that it resets card state after
tl_softreset() is stored.
Moved all EEPROM-related macro definitions into if_tlreg.h.
Don't allow an autoneg session to start until after the TX queue has
been drained, and don't transmit anything until after the autoneg
session is complete.
Also add support for two more Compaq ThunderLAN-based cards, and three
cards from Olicom which also use the ThunderLAN chip. The only thing
different about the Olicom cards is that they store the station address
at a different location within the EEPROM.
in -current is over, I'll put a 2.2.x specific version in the RELENG_2_2
branch. If somebody wants a 2.2 version of this driver now, they can check
out the previous version from CVS or ask me via e-mail.
Gee people, I didn't mean to stir up such a controversy. I just wanted
to make sure I could get this thing to work with both kernel versions
and didn't want to have to maintain two separate copies. All ya hadda
do was ask. :)
drivers here do and it also blows up in building GENERIC during
a release build if you try and include <osreldate.h> (which shot
my SNAP dead - argh!). Use __FreeBSD__ instead.
This driver supports the following cards/integrated ethernet controllers:
Compaq Netelligent 10, Compaq Netelligent 10/100, Compaq Netelligent 10/100,
Compaq Netelligent 10/100 Proliant, Compaq Netelligent 10/100 Dual Port,
Compaq NetFlex-3/P Integrated, Compaq NetFlex-3/P Integrated,
Compaq NetFlex 3/P w/ BNC, Compaq Deskpro 4000 5233MMX.
It should also support Texas Instruments NICs that use the ThunderLAN
chip, though I don't have any to test. If you've got a card that uses
the ThunderLAN chip but isn't listed in the PCI vendor/product list in
if_tl.c, try adding it and see what happens.
The driver supports any MII compliant PHY at 10 or 100Mbps speeds in
full or half duplex. (Those I've personally tested are the National
Semiconductor DP83840A (Prosignia server), the Level 1 LXT970 (Deskpro
desktop), and the ThunderLAN's internal 10baseT PHY.) Autonegotiation,
hardware multicast filtering, BPF and ifmedia support are included.
This chip is pretty fast; Prosignia servers with NCR SCSI, ThunderLAN
ethernet and FreeBSD make for a nice combination.
