[Voyage-linux] Kernel Module for Natsemi

[Joe Nelson]

Did you compile it yourself or get a precompiled version? If so, where did 
you get it? Thanks.

On 9/9/05, Mike O'Connor <mike at pineview.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joe
> 
> I'm have a 2.6.9 with 15 vlan's active, never had any trouble with the
> 2.6 kernel e100 and the e1000
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Joe Nelson wrote:
> 
> > Mike,
> >
> > Thanks for that tip. I was able to get the e100 working really well on
> > a 2.4 kernel 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
> > <mailto: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
> > <mailto: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 outdated version.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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> >
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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
> 
> 
> 


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