# Re: \[PATCH\]\[2.6\] de4x5 cleanup

- From: Jeff Garzik \<hidden\>
- Date: 2003-08-30 19:16:21 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2003/08/10736200
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2003/08/10736196/t.md

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Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>>>>"Jeff" == Jeff Garzik [ref] writes:
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>
> Jeff> It looks pretty good.  My big objection isn't the Space.c stuff
> Jeff> but de4x5 itself.  I had hoped it would be gone by now :) Oh
> Jeff> well, not your fault.
>
> Well... I too, had hoped the tulip (and its dc21040 derivative)
> driver would be the only one. While it works nicely on modern stuff
> (2114[023]), it has some problems on a few of my test boxes (mostly
> Alphas with onboard 21040).

Well, 2.6 tulip intentionally doesn't work at all on 21040 and 21041 :)  That's what de2104x driver is for.  Can you give that a beating, and verify that it works for you?

I know that 2114x chips with sym phys still have some issues; jamal has created a patch that fixes that (mostly updates tulip with the latest Becker phy code from Donald's tulip.c), which in turn fixes some 2114x issues on alpha.


> And most of all, tulip doesn't support EISA :-).

If it meant I could kill de4x5, then I would be all for adding EISA support to tulip... :)

	Jeff



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