patch-1.3.22 linux/drivers/net/README.arcnet

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• Date: Thu Jan 1 02:00:00 1970
• Orig file: v1.3.21/linux/drivers/net/README.arcnet
• Orig date: Sun Aug 13 14:45:30 1995

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-NOTE:  See also README.arcnet-jumpers in this directory for jumper-setting
-information if you're like many of us and didn't happen to get a manual with
-your ARCnet card.
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-
-Since no one seems to listen to me otherwise, perhaps a poem will get your
-attention:
-			This is alpha software
-			If it works I DO CARE.
-			
-Hmm, I think I'm allowed to call that a poem, even though it's only two
-lines.  Hey, I'm in Computer Science, not English.  Give me a break.
-
-The point is:  I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want to hear from you if
-you test this and get it working.  Or if you don't.  Or anything.
-
-ARCnet 0.32 ALPHA first made it into the Linux kernel 1.1.80 - this was
-nice, but after that even FEWER people started writing to me because they
-didn't even have to install the patch.  <sigh>
-
-Come on, be a sport!  Send me a success report!
-
-(hey, that was even better than my original poem... this is getting bad!)
-
-Anyway, enough complaining.  Let's get started:
-
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-These are the ARCnet drivers for Linux.
-
-We're now back to more ALPHA releases after the 1.01 release which made it
-into Linux 1.2.2, so please be careful, and send all possible
-success/failure reports to me.  If I don't know when/if/how it works, I
-won't be able to answer people's questions.  Do we want that?  Of course
-not.
-
-Once again:  DO send me success reports!  I want to know if this is working!
-(You know, it might be argued that I'm pushing this point a little too much. 
-If you think so, why not flame me in a quick little e-mail?  Please also
-include the type of card(s) you're using, software, size of network, and
-whether it's working or not.)
-
-My e-mail address is:
-	apenwarr@foxnet.net
-
-
-Where do I discuss these drivers?
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-
-There is a mailing list specifically for discussion of the ARCnet drivers
-for Linux, and anything you might want to interface them with (ie. DOS). 
-I'll also post new versions of the Linux-ARCnet distribution to the list in
-tar-gzip-uuencode format.
-
-To subscribe to the list, send a message to listserv@807-city.on.ca
-with the following line in the BODY (not the SUBJECT) of your message:
-	subscribe linux-arcnet YOUR REAL NAME
-Remember to remove your signature, or you'll get an error back.
-
-Send all bug (or success) reports to me or to the list.
-
-The people on linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu have also been known to be very
-helpful! :)
-
-
-Other Drivers and Info
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-
-Also, SMC (one of the companies that makes ARCnet cards) has a WorldWideWeb
-site you might be interested in, which includes several drivers for various
-cards including ARCnet.  Try:
-	http://www.smc.com/
-	
-Performance Technologies makes various network software that supports
-ARCnet.
-	http://www.perftech.com/ or ftp to ftp.perftech.com.
-	
-Novell makes a networking stack for DOS which includes ARCnet drivers.  Try
-ftp'ing to ftp.novell.com.
-
-You can get the Crynwr packet driver collection (including arcether.com, the
-one you'll want for arcnet cards) from oak.oakland.edu:/simtel/msdos/pktdrvr.
-It won't work perfectly on a 386+ without patches, though, and also doesn't
-like several cards.  Mail me if you want a fixed version.  (Ahem:  I may or
-may not have a 100% fixed version by the time I get your mail!)
-
-
-Loadable Module Support
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-
-This is a available starting with 0.42 ALPHA.
-
-Configure and rebuild Linux.  When asked, say NO to "arcnet support" if you
-want loadable module support.
-
-	make config
-	make dep
-	make clean	
-	make zImage
-	make modules
-	
-	
-Booting into your "ARCnet" Kernel
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-
-If you're using a loadable module, you need to use insmod to load the
-module, and you need to specify various characteristics of your card on the
-command line.  For example:
-	cd /usr/src/linux/modules
-	insmod arcnet.o io=0x300 irqnum=2 shmem=0xd0000
-You can also add a num=1, num=2 etc for additional arcnet cards that will
-use arc1, arc2 etc for their device names (instead of the default, arc0).
-	
-Otherwise the driver will load and probe for your card automatically.
-	
-Now go read the NET-2-HOWTO and ETHERNET-HOWTO for Linux; they should be
-available where you picked up this driver.  Think of your ARCnet as a
-souped-up (or down, as the case may be) ethernet card.
-
-By the way, be sure to change all references from "eth0" to "arc0" in the
-HOWTOs.  Remember that ARCnet isn't a "true" ethernet, and the device name
-is DIFFERENT.
-
-
-How do I get it to work with...?
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-
-NFS: Should be fine linux->linux, just pretend you're using ethernet cards. 
-        oak.oakland.edu:/simtel/msdos/nfs has some nice DOS clients.  There
-        is also a DOS-based NFS server called SOSS.  It doesn't multitask
-        quite the way Linux does (actually, it doesn't multitask AT ALL) but
-        you never know what you might need.
-
-DOS: If you're using the freeware arcether.com, you might want to install
-        the source code patch.  It helps with PC/TCP, and also can get
-        arcether to load if it timed out too quickly during initialization. 
-        Mail me if you need a precompiled version of arcether.com. (ie. you
-        if don't have a DOS assembler)
-	
-Windows:  See DOS :)  Trumpet Winsock works fine with either the Novell or
-	Arcether client, assuming you remember to load winpkt of course.
-
-LAN Manager and Windows for Workgroups: These programs use protocols that
-        are incompatible with the internet standard.  They try to pretend
-        the cards are ethernet, and confuse everyone else on the network. 
-        However, v1.93 ALPHA and later of the Linux ARCnet driver support
-        this protocol via the 'arc0e' device.  After setting up arc0 as
-        usual, ifconfig and set up routes to your ethernet-encap hosts
-        through arc0e.  There may be non-Microsoft products that support
-        this protocol as well, so it was changed in 1.93 ALPHA from arc0w
-        to arc0e.
-        
-	Using the freeware Samba server and clients for Linux, you can now
-	interface quite nicely with TCP/IP-based WfWg or Lan Manager
-	networks.  In addition, the Linux host can be used as a router
-	between the standard and WfWg protocols, so hosts that could
-	previously never talk to each other should now be able to.
-
-        This feature is still in early testing, so please e-mail with any
-	comments/questions you might have.
-	
-OS2: Has not been tested.  The "correct" solution would be to buy either of
-	IBM's "TCP/IP for OS/2" or "Warp Connect" packages.  However,
-	ftp.microsoft.com also has a freeware Lan Manager for OS/2 client
-	which should use the same protocol as WfWg does.  This has not been
-	tested, however.  Please mail me with any results.
-        
-NetBSD/AmiTCP: These use an old version of the Internet standard ARCnet
-	protocol which is incompatible with the Linux driver at present. 
-	Work to support these is underway and should be available in a
-	standard release soon.
-
-
-It works: what now?
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-
-Send mail describing your setup, preferably including driver version, kernel
-version, ARCnet card model, CPU type, number of systems on your network, and
-list of software in use to me at the following address:
-	apenwarr@foxnet.net
-
-I do send (sometimes automated) replies to all messages I receive.  My email
-can be weird (and also usually gets forwarded all over the place along the
-way to me), so if you don't get a reply within a reasonable time, please
-resend.
-
-
-It doesn't work: what now?
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-
-Do the same as above, but also include the output of the ifconfig and route
-commands, as well as any pertinent log entries (ie: anything that starts
-with "arcnet:" and has shown up since the last reboot) in your mail.
-
-If you want to try fixing it yourself (I highly recommend that you mail me
-about the problem first, since it might already have been solved) you may
-want to try some of the debug levels available.  For heavy testing on
-D_DURING or more, it would be a REALLY good idea to kill your klogd
-daemon first!  D_DURING displays 4-5 lines for each packet sent or
-received.  D_TX and RX actually DISPLAY each packet as it is sent or
-received, which is obviously quite big.
-
-You can run the arcdump shell script (available from me or in the full
-ARCnet package if you got it) as root to list the contents of the arcnet
-buffers at any time.  To make any sense at all out of this, you should grab
-the pertinent RFC's. (some are listed near the top of arcnet.c).  arcdump
-assumes your card is at 0xD0000.  If it isn't, edit the script.
-
-Buffers #0 and 1 are used for receiving, and Buffers #2 and 3 are for
-sending.  Ping-pong buffers are implemented both ways.
-
-If your debug level includes D_DURING, the buffers are cleared to a constant
-value of 0x42 every time the card is reset (which should only happen when
-you do an ifconfig up, or when Linux decides that the driver is broken). 
-This is to make it easier to figure out which bytes are being used by a
-packet.
-
-You can change the debug level without recompiling the kernel by typing:
-	ifconfig arc0 down metric 1xxx
-	/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
-where "xxx" is the debug level you want.  For example, "metric 1015" would put
-you at debug level 15.  Debug level 7 is currently the default.
-
-Note that the debug level is (as of v1.90 ALPHA) a binary combination of
-different debug flags; so debug level 7 is really 1+2+4 or
-D_NORMAL+D_INIT+D_EXTRA.  To reach D_DURING, you would add 8 to this,
-resulting in debug level 15.
-
-
-I want to send money: what now?
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-
-Go take a nap or something.  You'll feel better in the morning.