Re: sun + gigabit nic

From: kernel@ddx.a2000.nu
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 17:07:29 EST


On 8 Oct 2001, Thomas Duffy wrote:

> On Sat, 2001-10-06 at 09:44, kernel@ddx.a2000.nu wrote:
>
> > so will the netgear gigabit adapter work with the ultrasparc linux kernel
> > ?
> > (the netgear ga622t ?)
>
> this is netgear's gige over copper card. it does not use the acenic
> chip. instead it uses the national semiconductor 83820 chip and a
> different driver. this driver did not go into the kernel until ~2.4.10
> (ns83820.c) and does not work under sparc64 so far -- it seems to

so any gigabit copper cards that DO work under sparc64 ?
i looked at the intel source (on support.intel.com)
but it gives me some errors when i try to compile it on sparc

what about the 3Com 3C996-T ? (which has also drivers for linux on the
support page)

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