ARGH... I did some reading and I found the databook on the PLX. I'm
going to approach them and lead them to believe I am a windows user
seeking debugging info. I can probably blame it on a device
conflict. Windows is famous for croaking on those. I need this internet
service and I just don't want to use windows as a router. It goes against
everything I use linux for.
On another note, is there a common interface for USB network
devices? Gilat2Home will soon be available in an external USB unit. (I
don't know why they don't just output ethernet)
Shaun Kruger
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Donald Becker wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Keyshaun wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am trying to get the info to write a driver for gilat2home. I have
> > only one unidentified device.
> ...
> > Now I have 2 devices left. One is the PLX PCI9080 network interface. I
> > know nothing of this, but I will be looking for it in the kernel source.
>
> The PLX chips are generic PCI interface chips.
> They can be programmed to bridge to a generic bus, for instance to update an
> old ISA-like design to PCI.
>
> They are relatively expensive chips, so you will only find them on low
> production volume devices where they couldn't justify the engineering cost
> for a real design update.
>
> > I need to find out where to find the main registrar of PCI Vendor IDs. I
> > can't just go to the company that makes it and ask for info to write a
> > linux driver. They are funded by Microsoft. When I called their US
> > offices I was told that they are instructed to never give out docs for
> > writing a Linux driver, hence I need to find the info another way.
>
> If the NIC is really behind the PLX chip it will be difficult to figure out
> how it works.
>
> Donald Becker becker@xxxxxxxxx
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