hi ya nate et.al i got a patch from bob dunlop on the eepro mailing list....
his patch seems to work for linux-2.2.16 recognizing the onboard NIC of the Intel D815EEAAL motherboards.... thanx alvin bob's patch.... This patch is against the driver I had with kernel 2.2.16 ========================================================== static const char *version = "eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html\n"; "eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others\n"; *** eepro100.c.orig Mon Jul 31 12:29:17 2000 --- eepro100.c Mon Jul 31 12:29:16 2000 *************** *** 165,170 **** --- 165,173 ---- #ifndef PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID1030 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID1030 0x1030 #endif + #ifndef PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID2449 + #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID2449 0x2449 + #endif /* The total I/O port extent of the board. The registers beyond 0x18 only exist on the i82558. */ *************** *** 322,327 **** --- 325,334 ---- }, { "Intel Corporation 82559 InBusiness 10/100", PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID1030, + 0 + }, + { "Intel D815EEA motherboard Pro100/V", + PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ID2449, 0 }, {0,} /* 0 terminated list. */ ======= end patch ======== > On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > > > the eepro100 driver does support 82559. > > > > BUT the driver in 2.2.17pre18 (probably the same as 2.2.16) is older > > then what is newest: > > > > eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 <- in the kernel, contains some updates from > > people other then donald > > > > eepro100.c:v1.10a 4/15/00 <- latest > > > > try replacing your eepro100.c with this one: > > > > ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/eepro100.c > >
