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Re: etherboot-3.2




On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 markus@infoscape.com wrote:

> Paulo Jorge Veloso Lameirinhas writes:
>  > > This part will probably require you to have access to
>  > > technical documentation for the card.
>  > 
>  > I Do Not Have Access To That Kind of Information Besides the NICs
>  > But I Whish To Do Something ...
>  > I Also Have 3c509 NICs and I Was Asking To My Self ...
>  > If I Read The Linux Driver Code For This One From Donald Becker
>  > And Also Read The Code In etherboot For This One
>  > To Understand More About This Kind of Stuff ... !!!
>  > And Later Read The Linux Driver Code " eepro.c " From Bao Ha
>  > This Could Be a Start ... ???
> 
> Not having access to the chip's technical documentation will make
> things somewhat more difficult. While it is often possible to reverse
> engineer existing driver code, you are bound to waste some time on
> trial'n'error where printed documentation could give you an immediate
> answer to your problem. You can probably get started with this
> project, without having a copy of the chip's technical manual, but for
> the final touches official documentation is really helpful; you should
> try to contact the manufacturer and ask if they can provide you with
> more documentation. Very often, they are quite helpful and you will
> either be able to download a PDF file from their web page or you can
> mail-order a printed copy.
> 
> 
> Markus

Thank You Markus

I Will Try To Contact Intel & Bao Ha (wrore the driver for linux)
To Get More Documentation !

I Also Ask You To Let Me Know When You Have More News About " etherboot "

Once Again Thank You To That Suport You Give To Me

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