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- Lines: 109
- Date:
Fri Apr 21 12:45:49 2000
- Orig file:
v2.2.14/Documentation/networking/tlan.txt
- Orig date:
Tue Jan 4 21:18:38 2000
diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from ../../exclude v2.2.14/Documentation/networking/tlan.txt linux/Documentation/networking/tlan.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,4 @@
-
-
-I haven't had any time to do anything for a long time, and this isn't
-likely to change. So there's a driver here for anyone looking to
-carry forward a project :)
-
-For those who are looking for help, I can't. I haven't looked at
-a kernel since the early 2.0 series, so I won't know what's going on.
-Your best chance at help would be joining the TLAN mailing list and
-posting your question there.
-
-You can join by sending "subscribe tlan" in the body of an email to
-majordomo@vuser.vu.union.edu.
-
-Thanks to those who have (and who will ;) put work in to keep the TLAN
-driver working as the kernel moves on.
-
-James
-james@sovereign.org
-
-
-TLAN driver for Linux, version 1.0
+TLAN driver for Linux, version 1.2
README
@@ -57,43 +36,7 @@
but I do not expect any problems.
-II. Building the Driver.
-
- The TLAN driver may be compiled into the kernel, or it may be compiled
- as a module separately, or in the kernel. A patch is included for
- 2.0.29 (which also works for 2.0.30, 2.0.31, and 2.0.32).
-
- To compile it as part of the kernel:
- 1. Download and untar the TLAN driver package.
- 2. If your kernel is 2.1.45 or later, you do not need to patch the
- kernel sources. Copy the tlan.c and tlan.h to drivers/net in
- the kernel source tree.
- 3. Otherwise, apply the appropriate patch for your kernel. For
- example:
-
- cd /usr/src/linux
- patch -p1 < kernel.2.0.29
-
- 4. Copy the files tlan.c and tlan.h from the TLAN package to the
- directory drivers/net in the Linux kernel source tree.
- 5. Configure your kernel for the TLAN driver. Answer 'Y' when
- prompted to ask about experimental code (the first question).
- Then answer 'Y' when prompted if to include TI ThunderLAN
- support. If you want the driver compiled as a module, answer 'M'
- instead of 'Y'.
- 6. Make the kernel and, if necessary, the modules.
-
- To compile the TLAN driver independently:
- 1. Download and untar the TLAN driver package.
- 2. Change to the tlan directory.
- 3. If you are NOT using a versioned kernel (ie, want an non-
- versioned module), edit the Makefile, and comment out the
- line:
- MODVERSIONS = -DMODVERSIONS
- 4. Run 'make'.
-
-
-III. Driver Options
+II. Driver Options
1. You can append debug=x to the end of the insmod line to get
debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean
the following:
@@ -110,15 +53,15 @@
device that does not have an AUI/BNC connector will probably
cause it to not function correctly.)
- 4. You can set duplex=1 to force half duplex, and duplex=2 to
+ 3. You can set duplex=1 to force half duplex, and duplex=2 to
force full duplex.
- 5. You can set speed=10 to force 10Mbs operation, and speed=100Mbs
+ 4. You can set speed=10 to force 10Mbs operation, and speed=100
to force 100Mbs operation. (I'm not sure what will happen
if a card which only supports 10Mbs is forced into 100Mbs
mode.)
- 3. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd
+ 5. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd
and 4th parameters to set aui and debug respectively. For
example:
@@ -136,13 +79,13 @@
0x10 = use 10BaseT
0x20 = use 100BaseTx
+ 6. This driver can be used as a loadable module. Se net-modules.txt
+ for details.
-IV. Things to try if you have problems.
+III. Things to try if you have problems.
1. Make sure your card's PCI id is among those listed in
section I, above.
- 1. Make sure routing is correct.
- 2. If you are using a 2.1.x kernel, try to duplicate the
- problem on a 2.0.x (preferably 2.0.29 or 2.0.30) kernel.
+ 2. Make sure routing is correct.
There is also a tlan mailing list which you can join by sending "subscribe tlan"
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, linux-adm@nic.funet.fi
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen (who was at: slshen@lbl.gov)