Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:11:56 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] dl2k: Add support for IP1000A-based cards | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:36:11 +0100
> Add support for IP1000A chips to dl2k driver. > IP1000A chip looks like a TC9020 with integrated PHY. > > This allows IP1000A chips to work reliably because the ipg driver is > buggy - it loses packets under load and then completely stops > transmitting data. > > Tested with Asus NX1101 v2.0 at 10, 100 and 1000Mbps: > vendor=0x13f0 device=0x1023 (rev 0x41) > subsystem vendor=0x1043 device=0x8180 > > MAC address registers access needed to be changed from 8-bit to 16-bit > because 8-bit does not work on IP1000A. 8-bit access is not even > allowed in the TC9020 datasheet (although it worked). 16-bit access > works on both. > > Tested that it does not break D-Link DGE-550T (DL-2000 chip, probably > a rebranded TC9020): > vendor=0x1186 device=0x4000 (rev 0x0c) > subsystem vendor=0x1186 device=0x4000 > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
Ok, this is a major step forward, thanks for doing this work.
Applied.
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