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2*433d6423SLionel SambucThis is my implementation of a new network task
3*433d6423SLionel Sambucfor the Minix kernel.  I did it initially to handle
4*433d6423SLionel Sambuca 3c501 board (Etherlink), but those board are so
5*433d6423SLionel Sambucunstable that it is not worth using them except for
6*433d6423SLionel Sambuclearning how to implement a driver.  When I got a
7*433d6423SLionel Sambuc3c509b board (Etherlink III) it was easier to
8*433d6423SLionel Sambucwrite the code to handle them.
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10*433d6423SLionel SambucThe Minix code in 'dp8390.c' is too specific for the
11*433d6423SLionel SambucNational chip set, so what I did was to remove as
12*433d6423SLionel Sambucmuch as I needed of the code dependant from the chip
13*433d6423SLionel Sambucand produce a generic task that, I hope, will be able
14*433d6423SLionel Sambucto handle many more cards.
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16*433d6423SLionel Sambuc$Log$
17*433d6423SLionel SambucRevision 1.1  2005/06/29 10:16:46  beng
18*433d6423SLionel SambucImport of dpeth 3c501/3c509b/.. ethernet driver by
19*433d6423SLionel SambucGiovanni Falzoni <fgalzoni@inwind.it>.
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21*433d6423SLionel SambucRevision 1.3  2004/04/14 12:49:07  lsodgf0
22*433d6423SLionel SambucChanges for porting to Minix 2.0.4 run on BOCHS
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24*433d6423SLionel SambucRevision 1.2  2002/03/25 14:16:09  lsodgf0
25*433d6423SLionel SambucThe driver for the NEx000 has been rewritten to be
26*433d6423SLionel Sambucoperational with the ACCTON 18xx (an NE1000 clone)
27*433d6423SLionel SambucThe I/O routines for 16 bit cards are still untested..
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29*433d6423SLionel SambucRevision 1.1  2002/02/09 09:35:09  lsodgf0
30*433d6423SLionel SambucInitial revision
31*433d6423SLionel SambucThe package is not fully tested, i.e. I had only 3Com
32*433d6423SLionel Sambucboards (3c501, 3c503, 3c503/16 and 3c509b) and WD8003.
33*433d6423SLionel SambucI got also a NE1000 clone but it was not fully
34*433d6423SLionel Sambucoperational and I could not appreciate the results.
35*433d6423SLionel SambucFor this reason the changes done to the interface
36*433d6423SLionel Sambucto I/O for 8 and 16 bits are not tested.
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