"Leonard Ye" wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Currently, the SA1111 board is using a SMSC9196 ethernet controller which only
> supports 10 BASE-T.  This chip is supported by ARM linux using the driver for
> SMC9194.  However, I would like to know is it possible to improve the speed o
>f this ethernet interface to 10/100 BASE-T.  For an example, make a new board 
>which is exactly the same as this SA1111 board but replacing this SMSC9196 chi
>p with another compatible chip such that no/minor driver change is needed.  Cu
>rrently, SMSC91C100 and SMSC91C110 from SMC support 100 BASE-T. But I don't kn
>ow whether they are compaitible with SMSC91C96.

Well, you could certainly make the existing 9196 interface 16 bit.  That
would have an effect on throughput... :-)

-brad

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