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

HomePNA network cards

1999-12-06 Thread Wes Peters
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. If you've had success with these, please let me