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4TLAN driver for Linux
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7:Version: 1.14a
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9(C) 1997-1998 Caldera, Inc.
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11(C) 1998 James Banks
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13(C) 1999-2001 Torben Mathiasen <tmm@image.dk, torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>
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15For driver information/updates visit http://www.compaq.com
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21I. Supported Devices
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24 Only PCI devices will work with this driver.
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26 Supported:
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28 ========= ========= ===========================================
29 Vendor ID Device ID Name
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31 0e11 ae32 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP
32 0e11 ae34 Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP
33 0e11 ae35 Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P
34 0e11 ae40 Compaq Netelligent Dual 10/100 TX PCI UTP
35 0e11 ae43 Compaq Netelligent Integrated 10/100 TX UTP
36 0e11 b011 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP
37 0e11 b012 Compaq Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax
38 0e11 b030 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP
39 0e11 f130 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
40 0e11 f150 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
41 108d 0012 Olicom OC-2325
42 108d 0013 Olicom OC-2183
43 108d 0014 Olicom OC-2326
44 ========= ========= ===========================================
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46
47 Caveats:
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49 I am not sure if 100BaseTX daughterboards (for those cards which
50 support such things) will work. I haven't had any solid evidence
51 either way.
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53 However, if a card supports 100BaseTx without requiring an add
54 on daughterboard, it should work with 100BaseTx.
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56 The "Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax" (b012) device is untested,
57 but I do not expect any problems.
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60II. Driver Options
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63 1. You can append debug=x to the end of the insmod line to get
64 debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean
65 the following:
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67 ==== =====================================
68 0x01 Turn on general debugging messages.
69 0x02 Turn on receive debugging messages.
70 0x04 Turn on transmit debugging messages.
71 0x08 Turn on list debugging messages.
72 ==== =====================================
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74 2. You can append aui=1 to the end of the insmod line to cause
75 the adapter to use the AUI interface instead of the 10 Base T
76 interface. This is also what to do if you want to use the BNC
77 connector on a TLAN based device. (Setting this option on a
78 device that does not have an AUI/BNC connector will probably
79 cause it to not function correctly.)
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81 3. You can set duplex=1 to force half duplex, and duplex=2 to
82 force full duplex.
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84 4. You can set speed=10 to force 10Mbs operation, and speed=100
85 to force 100Mbs operation. (I'm not sure what will happen
86 if a card which only supports 10Mbs is forced into 100Mbs
87 mode.)
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89 5. You have to use speed=X duplex=Y together now. If you just
90 do "insmod tlan.o speed=100" the driver will do Auto-Neg.
91 To force a 10Mbps Half-Duplex link do "insmod tlan.o speed=10
92 duplex=1".
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94 6. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd
95 and 4th parameters to set aui and debug respectively. For
96 example::
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98 ether=0,0,0x1,0x7,eth0
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100 This sets aui to 0x1 and debug to 0x7, assuming eth0 is a
101 supported TLAN device.
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103 The bits in the third byte are assigned as follows:
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105 ==== ===============
106 0x01 aui
107 0x02 use half duplex
108 0x04 use full duplex
109 0x08 use 10BaseT
110 0x10 use 100BaseTx
111 ==== ===============
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113 You also need to set both speed and duplex settings when forcing
114 speeds with kernel-parameters.
115 ether=0,0,0x12,0,eth0 will force link to 100Mbps Half-Duplex.
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117 7. If you have more than one tlan adapter in your system, you can
118 use the above options on a per adapter basis. To force a 100Mbit/HD
119 link with your eth1 adapter use::
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121 insmod tlan speed=0,100 duplex=0,1
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123 Now eth0 will use auto-neg and eth1 will be forced to 100Mbit/HD.
124 Note that the tlan driver supports a maximum of 8 adapters.
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127III. Things to try if you have problems
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130 1. Make sure your card's PCI id is among those listed in
131 section I, above.
132 2. Make sure routing is correct.
133 3. Try forcing different speed/duplex settings
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136There is also a tlan mailing list which you can join by sending "subscribe tlan"
137in the body of an email to majordomo@vuser.vu.union.edu.
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139There is also a tlan website at http://www.compaq.com
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