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Commit 1db1a874 authored by Ismail Donmez's avatar Ismail Donmez Committed by Jeff Garzik
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[PATCH] Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt: Make documentation nicer 



Patch indents dmfe.txt to look like other docs.  It adds a tip about CNET
cards using Davicom chipsets.  Also it removes parts where it refers to how
to build driver out-of-kernel which seems to be cruft from times where the
driver was out of the kernel.

Signed-off-by: default avatarIsmail Donmez <ismail@kde.org.tr>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDomen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
parent 400de2c0

Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt

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  dmfe.c: Version 1.28        01/18/2000



        A Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux. 

        Copyright (C) 1997  Sten Wang

Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux.



This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the GNU General   Public License
@@ -14,46 +11,55 @@ 
GNU General Public License for more details.





  A. Compiler command:

This driver provides kernel support for Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 ethernet cards ( CNET

10/100 ethernet cards uses Davicom chipset too, so this driver supports CNET cards too ).If you

didn't compile this driver as a module, it will automatically load itself on boot and print a

line similar to :



	dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)



If you compiled this driver as a module, you have to load it on boot.You can load it with command :



	insmod dmfe



     A-1: For normal single or multiple processor kernel

          "gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall 

            -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c dmfe.c"

This way it will autodetect the device mode.This is the suggested way to load the module.Or you can pass

a mode= setting to module while loading, like :



     A-2: For single or multiple processor with kernel module version function

          "gcc -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet 

            -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c dmfe.c"

	insmod dmfe mode=0 # Force 10M Half Duplex

	insmod dmfe mode=1 # Force 100M Half Duplex

	insmod dmfe mode=4 # Force 10M Full Duplex

	insmod dmfe mode=5 # Force 100M Full Duplex



Next you should configure your network interface with a command similar to :



  B. The following steps teach you how to activate a DM9102 board:

	ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18

                      ^^^^^^^^^^^

		     Your IP Adress



        1. Used the upper compiler command to compile dmfe.c

Then you may have to modify the default routing table with command :



        2. Insert dmfe module into kernel

           "insmod dmfe"        ;;Auto Detection Mode (Suggest)

           "insmod dmfe mode=0" ;;Force 10M Half Duplex

           "insmod dmfe mode=1" ;;Force 100M Half Duplex

           "insmod dmfe mode=4" ;;Force 10M Full Duplex

           "insmod dmfe mode=5" ;;Force 100M Full Duplex

	route add default eth0



        3. Config a dm9102 network interface

           "ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18"

                          ^^^^^^^^^^^ Your IP address



        4. Activate the IP routing table. For some distributions, it is not

           necessary. You can type "route" to check.

Now your ethernet card should be up and running.



           "route add default eth0"



TODO:



        5. Well done. Your DM9102 adapter is now activated.

Implement pci_driver::suspend() and pci_driver::resume() power management methods.

Check on 64 bit boxes.

Check and fix on big endian boxes.

Test and make sure PCI latency is now correct for all cases.





   C. Object files description:

        1. dmfe_rh61.o:       	For Redhat 6.1

Authors:



        If you can make sure your kernel version, you can rename

        to dmfe.o and directly use it without re-compiling.

Sten Wang <sten_wang@davicom.com.tw >   : Original Author

Tobias Ringstrom <tori@unhappy.mine.nu> : Current Maintainer



Contributors:



  Author: Sten Wang, 886-3-5798797-8517, E-mail: sten_wang@davicom.com.tw
 
Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>

Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>