axnet_cs / pcnet_cs: moving PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID for Netgear FA411

[Cord Walter]

Hi,

after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with
the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version), I checked the
respective driver sources and noticed that the pcnet_cs driver bailed
out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but axnet_cs
doesn't claim this ID.

I compiled a kernel with the PCMCIA-ID for the netgear card moved to
axnet_cs from pcnet_cs which worked. I then contacted sidux-kernel
maintainer Stefan Lippers-Hollmann who turned the info into this patch
and integrated it into the kernel:

<http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/fullstory/linux-sidux-2.6/trunk/debian/patches/features/2.6.27.4_PCMCIA_move-PCMCIA-ID-for-Netgear-FA411-from-pcnet_cs-to-axnet_cs.patch>

This works for me and AFAIK there were no reports of any breakage for
other devices on sidux-support.

This looks like a trivial patch, but since I have very limited
experience with kernel modifications  I might be woefully wrong there.
But if there are no side effects of this patch, is it possible to get it
into the official kernel?

I can provide more detailed information on the affected hardware if
necessary.

-cord


[1]
Socket 1 Device 0:      [axnet_cs]              (bus ID: 1.0)
        Configuration:  state: on
        Product Name:   NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet
        Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411
                        function: 6 (network)
                        prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3)
                        prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875)
                        prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3)
                        prod_id(4): --- (---)
-- 
Cord Walter
email: cord.walter at gmx.de

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