[9fans] Ethernet card recogition -- Farallon Enet (3C589) -- kernel lines?
Hi, I am having trouble getting Plan 9 to recognize my ethernet card in my embarrassingly old Dell laptop. The card is a Farallon Enet, which to the best of my knowledge would be a "3C589" type for the purposes of plan9.ini. I have tried some variations in plan9.ini, such as ether0=type=3C589 or etherX=3C589, as well as rendering 3C589 as "3c589", but to no avail. According to the Plan9 wiki, the above results indicate that recognition for this card isn't built into the kernel, which leads me to my main question: What modification(s), if any, would I need to make to the kernel config file (9pcf)? This card type is referenced under the "link" section, but would I also need to reference it under dev, or modify the line "ether netif" in that section? Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. This is my second run at making my laptop a fully-functioning Plan 9 machine, and while I've become quite comfortable with basic usage of this OS, I'm still something of a newbie at the under-the-hood stuff. I'm looking forward to trying Plan 9 as my full-time OS, and I certainly appreciate any help in getting there. Cheers, James
Re: [9fans] Ethernet card recogition -- Farallon Enet (3C589) -- kernel
I used a December 2007 installation CD, so I'll download the latest version and try again. Thanks for the help! Cheers, jed On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:09 PM, wrote: > > I am having trouble getting Plan 9 to recognize my ethernet card in my > > embarrassingly old Dell laptop. The card is a Farallon Enet, which to the > > best of my knowledge would be a "3C589" type for the purposes of > plan9.ini. > > I have tried some variations in plan9.ini, such as ether0=type=3C589 or > > etherX=3C589, as well as rendering 3C589 as "3c589", but to no avail. > > I, too, am using a Dell laptop, but with a genuine 3c589. It's working > fine. After a recent patch, it doesn't even have to be listed in > plan9.ini. > And, I think the 3c589 is included in the distribued kernels, but don't > quote me on that. It sounds as if the ID string the card returns doesn't > match what the driver is looking for. In particular the driver is looking > for the strings: 3C589, 3C562, and 589E. If it doesn't find one of those, > then it won't see it as a 589 > > BLS > > >
