[Voyage-linux] VLAN Support on natsemi

[Joe Nelson]

Well, I've spent a good deal of time testing a lot of different things so
that I can get VLANs working the way that I want on my Soekris net4501. By
default, these boards usually use the natsemi driver for the ethernet
interfaces. What I found out is that the stock natsemi driver included with
the kernel does not support VLANs at all. However, National Semiconductor
makes their own Linux driver called macphy that does support VLANs. This
driver can be downloaded from
http://www.national.com/appinfo/networks/macphyter2.html. I compiled and
installed this driver on my Soekris board and it works like a charm! I'm
very excited.

My only problem now is that somehow I messed something up and now I can't
load the driver anymore. It says that it has an invalid format. I did redo
my Voyage system after the first time I got it working so I'm sure that in
all the shuffling, I messed it up somehow. Anyone have any clues as to where
to look to solve that one?

Also, if it's possible, it would be great if macphy were included in future
Voyage releases as I'm sure others with National Semiconductor chips will
want VLAN support.

Thanks! <http://www.national.com/appinfo/networks/macphyter2.html>

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