[parisc-linux] Additional Network Cards for 712 / thx to Helge

[Holger Zessel]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:12:47 +0100
Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 07:46:49PM +0200, Thomas Schmid wrote:
> > 1) Are there any add-on NICs for the 712 available (preferably for only 
> > little money) ?
> 
> they're very specialised and quite rare.

We had some here in the office in the past for support and with the upcoming V class test stations (which are 712) these cards must have
gotten a real
boost in the factory since the test station (basically the console)
has a separate lan connection with the V class.

One needs a special cable to separate the signals since the card has a second serial port as well. Even if you don't buy the cable the 
part no. might be useful when looking for infos: A2263-62045.
If the cards part no. is needed, let me know.

> 
> > 2) More important, are they supported by the kernel ?
> 
> yes, they're the same chip as is on the motherboard, and the driver
> handles multiple devices.

This is a good point in time to finally thank Helge Deller for fixing a bug in the driver. I was experimenting with my 712/80 at home with the
2nd lancard and could not get it to work. It showed up correctly in the
hw scan but the driver did not allocate a second interface eth1.
(tiny thread july last year: problem activating the optional lan card on 712/80)

He made a quick fix for that and indeed it worked. 


cheers,
Holgi