On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : Are these actually both the same card, or are PCI and PCCARD IDs
> : unrelated? If they are the same card, then clearly the solution is to
> : make if_xl work with the card instead of if_ep. :)
>
> These aren't the same.
>
> The vx driver should really be if_ep_pci acccording to Matt Dodd.
> if_xl might also be a if_ep_pci driver, but I'm not 100% about that.
> Matt knows for sure.
>
> Warner
>From what I've read, the vortex cards do resemble the older Etherlink
IIIs, so yes those two could probably be merged. However, the 3c900+
cards have a true bus mastering PCI architecture, so it makes sense to fit
them into a seperate driver, such as if_xl.
I guess they could be merged, but it would mostly be a mess.
Here's another thing I'm confused about:
from if_xlreg.h:
#define TC_DEVICEID_HURRICANE_556 0x6055
from if_ep_pccard.c:
case 0x6055: /* 3C556 */
Is it possible that 3Com used the same chip in mini-pci and pccard
designs? This does seem possible, as 3c905 (pre-B, I don't know about the
mini-PCI version) cards support the 3c509 interface.
Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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