Re: offshore RTL8029 chip

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@netcom.ca)
Thu, 6 Feb 1997 01:12:16 -0500 (EST)

> Greetings,
> Does anyone have / has anyone done, a driver for a Taiwanese PCI ethernet
> combo board. It is marketed as an ACER: ALN-201. It uses a controller chip,
> noticed when lifting up the ACER sticker, RTL8029. Any information would be
> much appreciated. I'm using 2.0.28 now but plan to jump to the 2.1.x series
> when time permits. Thanks in advance, Andy:)

It is supported as a NE2000 clone.

Excerpt from drivers/net/ne.c ...

/* Ack! People are making PCI ne2000 clones! Oh the horror, the horror... */
static struct { unsigned short vendor, dev_id;}
pci_clone_list[] = {
{PCI_VENDOR_ID_REALTEK, PCI_DEVICE_ID_REALTEK_8029},
{PCI_VENDOR_ID_WINBOND2, PCI_DEVICE_ID_WINBOND2_89C940},
{PCI_VENDOR_ID_COMPEX, PCI_DEVICE_ID_COMPEX_RL2000},
{0,}
};

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Andrew E. Mileski   mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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