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| 2 | This is my implementation of a new network task | 
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| 3 | for the Minix kernel.  I did it initially to handle | 
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| 4 | a 3c501 board (Etherlink), but those board are so | 
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| 5 | unstable that it is not worth using them except for | 
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| 6 | learning how to implement a driver.  When I got a | 
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| 7 | 3c509b board (Etherlink III) it was easier to | 
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| 8 | write the code to handle them. | 
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| 9 |  | 
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| 10 | The Minix code in 'dp8390.c' is too specific for the | 
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| 11 | National chip set, so what I did was to remove as | 
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| 12 | much as I needed of the code dependant from the chip | 
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| 13 | and produce a generic task that, I hope, will be able | 
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| 14 | to handle many more cards. | 
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| 15 |  | 
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| 16 | $Log: README,v $ | 
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| 17 | Revision 1.1  2005/06/29 10:16:46  beng | 
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| 18 | Import of dpeth 3c501/3c509b/.. ethernet driver by | 
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| 19 | Giovanni Falzoni <fgalzoni@inwind.it>. | 
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| 20 |  | 
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| 21 | Revision 1.3  2004/04/14 12:49:07  lsodgf0 | 
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| 22 | Changes for porting to Minix 2.0.4 run on BOCHS | 
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| 23 |  | 
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| 24 | Revision 1.2  2002/03/25 14:16:09  lsodgf0 | 
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| 25 | The driver for the NEx000 has been rewritten to be | 
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| 26 | operational with the ACCTON 18xx (an NE1000 clone) | 
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| 27 | The I/O routines for 16 bit cards are still untested.. | 
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| 28 |  | 
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| 29 | Revision 1.1  2002/02/09 09:35:09  lsodgf0 | 
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| 30 | Initial revision | 
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| 31 | The package is not fully tested, i.e. I had only 3Com | 
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| 32 | boards (3c501, 3c503, 3c503/16 and 3c509b) and WD8003. | 
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| 33 | I got also a NE1000 clone but it was not fully | 
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| 34 | operational and I could not appreciate the results. | 
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| 35 | For this reason the changes done to the interface | 
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| 36 | to I/O for 8 and 16 bits are not tested. | 
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| 37 |  | 
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| 38 | $Id: README,v 1.1 2005/06/29 10:16:46 beng Exp $ | 
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