TLAN driver for Linux, version 1.0 README Well, I'm back. The TLAN driver seems pretty stable, so I'm declaring this cycle of development finished, and calling the driver 1.0. I will, of course continue to work on improving the driver, and work towards a 2.0 release. James james@sovereign.org I. Supported Devices. Only PCI devices will work with this driver. Supported: Vendor ID Device ID Name 0e11 ae32 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP 0e11 ae34 Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP 0e11 ae35 Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P 0e11 ae40 Compaq Netelligent Dual 10/100 TX PCI UTP 0e11 ae43 Compaq Netelligent Integrated 10/100 TX UTP 0e11 b011 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP 0e11 b012 Compaq Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax 0e11 b030 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP 0e11 f130 Compaq NetFlex 3/P 0e11 f150 Compaq NetFlex 3/P 108d 0012 Olicom OC-2325 108d 0013 Olicom OC-2183 108d 0014 Olicom OC-2326 Caveats: I am not sure if 100BaseTX daughterboards (for those cards which support such things) will work. I haven't had any solid evidence either way. However, if a card supports 100BaseTx without requiring an add on daughterboard, it should work with 100BaseTx. The "Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax" (b012) device is untested, but I do not expect any problems. II. Building the Driver. The TLAN driver may be compiled into the kernel, or it may be compiled as a module separately, or in the kernel. A patch is included for 2.0.29 (which also works for 2.0.30, 2.0.31, and 2.0.32). To compile it as part of the kernel: 1. Download and untar the TLAN driver package. 2. If your kernel is 2.1.45 or later, you do not need to patch the kernel sources. Copy the tlan.c and tlan.h to drivers/net in the kernel source tree. 3. Otherwise, apply the appropriate patch for your kernel. For example: cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < kernel.2.0.29 4. Copy the files tlan.c and tlan.h from the TLAN package to the directory drivers/net in the Linux kernel source tree. 5. Configure your kernel for the TLAN driver. Answer 'Y' when prompted to ask about experimental code (the first question). Then answer 'Y' when prompted if to include TI ThunderLAN support. If you want the driver compiled as a module, answer 'M' instead of 'Y'. 6. Make the kernel and, if necessary, the modules. To compile the TLAN driver independently: 1. Download and untar the TLAN driver package. 2. Change to the tlan directory. 3. If you are NOT using a versioned kernel (ie, want an non- versioned module), edit the Makefile, and comment out the line: MODVERSIONS = -DMODVERSIONS 4. Run 'make'. III. Driver Options 1. You can append debug=x to the end of the insmod line to get debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean the following: 0x01 Turn on general debugging messages. 0x02 Turn on receive debugging messages. 0x04 Turn on transmit debugging messages. 0x08 Turn on list debugging messsages. 2. You can append aui=1 to the end of the insmod line to cause the adapter to use the AUI interface instead of the 10 Base T interface. This is also what to do if you want to use the BNC connector on a TLAN based device. (Setting this option on a device that does not have an AUI/BNC connector will probably cause it to not function correctly.) 4. You can set duplex=1 to force half duplex, and duplex=2 to force full duplex. 5. You can set speed=10 to force 10Mbs operation, and speed=100Mbs to force 100Mbs operation. (I'm not sure what will happen if a card which only supports 10Mbs is forced into 100Mbs mode.) 3. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd and 4th parameters to set aui and debug respectively. For example: ether=0,0,0x1,0x7,eth0 This sets aui to 0x1 and debug to 0x7, assuming eth0 is a supported TLAN device. The bits in the third byte are assigned as follows: 0x01 = aui 0x02 = use SA_INTERRUPT flag when reserving the irq. 0x04 = use half duplex 0x08 = use full duplex 0x10 = use 10BaseT 0x20 = use 100BaseTx IV. Things to try if you have problems. 1. Make sure your card's PCI id is among those listed in section I, above. 1. Make sure routing is correct. 2. If you are using a 2.1.x kernel, try to duplicate the problem on a 2.0.x (preferably 2.0.29 or 2.0.30) kernel. There is also a tlan mailing list which you can join by sending "subscribe tlan" in the body of an email to majordomo@vuser.vu.union.edu.