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Sun Jul 2 01:38:33 EST 1995
As the date above certify, this ``readme'' is mostly
obsolete. Please read release notes and change list in
driver/net/wavelan.p.h, and consult my web page at :
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
Jean <jt@hpl.hp.com>
1. At present the driver autoprobes for a WaveLAN card only at I/O address
0x390. The version of the card that I use (NCR) supports four I/O addresses
(selectable via a pair of DIP switches). If you want the driver to
autoprobe a different subset of the four valid addresses then you will need
to edit .../drivers/net/wavelan.c (near line 714) and change the
initialisation of the `iobase[]' array. Normally, I use a LILO
configuration file directive to obviate the need for autoprobing entirely,
a course of action I heartily recommend.
2. By default, the driver uses the Network ID (NWID) stored in the card's
Parameter Storage Area (PSA). However, the PSA NWID can be overridden by a
value passed explicitly as the third numeric argument to LILO's "ether="
directive, either at the LILO prompt at boot time or within LILO's
configuration file.
For example, the following line from such a LILO configuration file would
auto-configure the IRQ value, set the I/O base to 0x390 and set the NWID to
0x4321, all on a WaveLAN card labelled "eth0":
..
append ="ether=0,0x390,0x4321,eth0"
..
3. The driver uses the IRQ stored in the card's PSA.
To change this you will need to use the configuration/setup software that
accompanies each WaveLAN device. Yes, the driver should use the value passed
in via LILO and it will, just as soon as I can work out why that part of the
code doesn't work :-(.
4. If you encounter any problems send me some email.
Good luck,
Bruce Janson (bruce@cs.usyd.edu.au)
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