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Caldera TLAN driver for Linux, version 0.42
README
I. Supported Devices.
Only PCI devices will work with this driver.
Supported:
Vendor ID Device ID Name
0e11 ae32 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX
0e11 ae34 Compaq Netelligent 10 T
0e11 ae35 Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P
0e11 ae43 Compaq ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 TX
0e11 ae40 Compaq Dual Port Netelligent 10/100 TX
0e11 b011 Compaq Deskpro 4000 5233MMX
0e11 f130 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
0e11 f150 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
108d 0014 Olicom OC-2326
Caveats:
I don't believe 100BaseTX daughterboards will work. I am interested
in any reports.
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.)
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.
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.
3. Set debug to 7, either in tlan.c or through insmod as in
section III.1 above.
4. Make sure klog is running so the kernel messages are
being recorded somewhere.
5. Run the following sequence of programs in order (you
may want to do this within an xterm, as background
traffic may cause a lot of TLAN RECEIVED: messages
on the console):
ifconfig eth0 your.ip.address netmask your.net.mask up
route add -net local.net.address eth0
ifconfig
ping some.computer.on.local.net
ifconfig eth0 down
6. Mail the log of what occurred to me. Also include the
kernel version and what media/connector type (eg,
10 BaseT/RJ45, 100 BaseTX/RJ45, Thinnet/BNC, etc).
Please e-mail me with any comments, successes, or failures. Thanks.
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. I will announce new
releases of the TLAN driver there.
James
james.banks@caldera.com