[tulip] Linksys LNE100TX Version 4.1 hits the shelves ... any comments?

[Donald Becker]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Bryan -TheBS- Smith wrote:

> Linksys LNE100TX Version 4.1 hits the shelves ... any comments?
>
> I just bought (4) LNE100TX Version 4.1 NIC cards.  Have no idea what
> chipset is on-board.  Linksys' site seems to have the same attitude
> (no info on Version 4.1, only 4.0).

The 4.0 board use a ADMtek Centaur.  The new NC200 boards use a ADMtek Comet.
The Centaur/Comet support has been in the tulip driver since autumn '99.

> /proc filesystem keeps talking about an "Ethernet card with an
> unknown chipset".

What was the exact PCI vendor and device ID?

> I tried tulip.c v0.91g-ppc to no avail (wouldn't
> load).  I'm running kernels 2.2.16-8 (from RedHat Rawhide) and
> also tried 2.2.16-8.Ext3.4 (from VALinux).

I wouldn't expect the older 91g driver to work with even the 4.0 cards.

> Another thing, the new card requires PCI 2.1 and I'm unsure whether
> or not my old test system is PCI 2.1-compliant (old i440FX
> chipset -- anyone know if i440FX supports 2.1?).  I'm going to try
> it in a newer system tomorrow (VIA Pro/133A).

The 440FX isn't even PCI 2.0, but it was a good chipset and should work with
most current PCI devices.


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