RE: HomePNA network cards

1999-12-07 Thread James Van Vleet
soon... -James > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Watson > Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 11:11 PM > To: Wes Peters > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HomePNA network cards > > > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999,

Re: HomePNA network cards

1999-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Robert Watson wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > I submitted a pr in June with patches, and it seems to work fairly well. > > Never checked to see if it was commited though. I've had problems with >

Re: HomePNA network cards

1999-12-06 Thread Robert Watson
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Robert Watson wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > I submitted a pr in June with patches, and it seems to work fairly well. > > Never checked to see if it was commited though. I've had problems with > > drop

Re: HomePNA network cards

1999-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Robert Watson wrote: > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > I submitted a pr in June with patches, and it seems to work fairly well. > Never checked to see if it was commited though. I've had problems with > dropped packets, however--at certain times of day (?) I can'

Re: HomePNA network cards

1999-12-06 Thread Robert Watson
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Has anyone gotten one of these to work with the lnc driver in current? > Looking at the chip specs, it is supposed to be software compatible with > the PCNet PCI parts, but it sports the "home networking" PHY that are > not supported on other LANCE parts. >

Re: HomePNA network cards

1999-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
I have one here.. (and all the specs) the code changes needed to thte lnc driver are: 1/ new PCI ID :-) 2/ BSD equivalent of the following linux code: case 0x2626: chipname = "PCnet/Home 79C978"; fdx = 1; /* * This is based on specs published at www.amd.com