AX88790 L phy workaround

Todd Blumer sdgvulpes at gmail.com
Tue Sep 12 17:33:53 EDT 2006


On 9/12/06, Todd Blumer <sdgvulpes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am in need of adding driver support for the Socket Rugged CF
> Ethernet card. It uses the AX88790 L chip. Socket indicates that this
> chip has a Phy bug and they provide a workaround.
> ftp://ftp.socketcom.com/ea/Rugged_10-100_Driver_Changes_07-2006.zip
> I'm guessing that  the problem is only in a recent revision (the L
> revision?) of the chip since I don't see such a workaround in the
> standard axnet_cs.c driver.
>
> Has anyone done this workaround? Any other comments or suggestions?
> Otherwise, I'll try to implement these changes and submit a patch.

Here's a patch (against 2.6.15) that works with the Socket Rugged CF
10/100 Card. Comments welcome.

--
Todd Blumer
SDG Systems
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