[tulip-bug] tulip not correctly identifying LNE100TX

[Donald Becker]

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Dan Hollis wrote:

> Vendors populating PCI subsystem IDs of any hardware seems very rare, even 
> though it would be immensely helpful :-/

There are a few boards where it would really help.  Boards with four
switch or repeater ports (not multiple NIC chips, one NIC with a hub)
often have something unique, like a special transceiver connection.  But
I haven't encountered such a board that has a unique subsystem ID.

> But arent there some tulip clones which require special tweaks or 
> workarounds, especially some multiport cards? If it were possible to 
> positively identify them through MAC/subsystem ID or a combination, it 
> might be useful.

See the media table substitution code in the driver, which is based on
the MAC prefix.  The boards that require explicit media tables predate
PCI subsystem IDs.

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