[Voyage-linux] Kernel Module for Natsemi

[Joe Nelson]

Mike,

Thanks for that tip. I was able to get the e100 working really well on
a 2.4kernel but not on a
2.6. It says its supposed to support 2.6. Do you happen to know what kernel 
you were running?

Thank you

On 9/8/05, Mike O'Connor <mike at pineview.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joe
> 
> Umm I just went back thought my notes, the eepro100 did not work, I had to
> move to the e100.
> This is the driver I have used ever since for the intel 100mb cards.
> 
> Sorry
> Mike
> 
> 
> > I have seen that mentioned on many VLAN lists so I tried an Intel card
> > with the eepro100 module in the PCI slot of my Soekris and it still
> > wouldn't work. Basically it wouldn't let me set the MTU to 1504. Its
> > good to hear that you've used eepro100 successfully. I either have an
> > old version of the module or I'm doing something wrong in the vlan
> > setup.
> >
> > On 9/8/05, Mike O'Connor <mike at pineview.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Joe Nelson wrote:
> >>
> >> > I've had a real tough time getting the natsemi driver to work with
> >> > my VLANs. I may be wrong, but I believe that I may just have an
> >> > outdated version. Does anyone know how recent the kernel module for
> >> > natsemi (ethernet on Soekris 4501 board) is? I've tried to get VLANs
> >> > working with other cards as well - Intel Pro 100 (eepro100 module)
> >> > and Realtek (8139too module). Nothing seems to work. I'm running on
> >> > the 2.6.8 kernel. From what I've read, all the newer drivers for
> >> > these ethernet chipsets support VLANs. Does anyone have any insight?
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Joe Nelson
> >> > Air Wired
> >> > http://www.airwired.net
> >> >
> >> 
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> >> >
> >> Hi Joe
> >>
> >> I have not tried the natsemi driver with VLAN's but will say that in
> >> my experaince a large number of the ethernet drivers in the kernel do
> >> not support VLAN's.
> >>
> >> The only drivers drivers I have ever used successfully are eepro100
> >> and the intel drivers e100 and e1000. For example none of the 3com
> >> drivers that I tested worked with VLAN's.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Mike
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joe Nelson
> > Air Wired
> > http://www.airwired.net
> 
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Joe Nelson
Air Wired
http://www.airwired.net
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