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Based on kernel version 2.6.33. Page generated on 2010-02-24 15:36 EST.

1	Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver for Linux.
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3	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
4	modify it under the terms of the GNU General   Public License
5	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
6	of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
7	
8	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
11	GNU General Public License for more details.
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14	This driver provides kernel support for Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 ethernet cards ( CNET
15	10/100 ethernet cards uses Davicom chipset too, so this driver supports CNET cards too ).If you
16	didn't compile this driver as a module, it will automatically load itself on boot and print a
17	line similar to :
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19		dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
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21	If you compiled this driver as a module, you have to load it on boot.You can load it with command :
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23		insmod dmfe
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25	This way it will autodetect the device mode.This is the suggested way to load the module.Or you can pass
26	a mode= setting to module while loading, like :
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28		insmod dmfe mode=0 # Force 10M Half Duplex
29		insmod dmfe mode=1 # Force 100M Half Duplex
30		insmod dmfe mode=4 # Force 10M Full Duplex
31		insmod dmfe mode=5 # Force 100M Full Duplex
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33	Next you should configure your network interface with a command similar to :
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35		ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18
36	                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
37			     Your IP Address
38	
39	Then you may have to modify the default routing table with command :
40	
41		route add default eth0
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43	
44	Now your ethernet card should be up and running.
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46	
47	TODO:
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49	Implement pci_driver::suspend() and pci_driver::resume() power management methods.
50	Check on 64 bit boxes.
51	Check and fix on big endian boxes.
52	Test and make sure PCI latency is now correct for all cases.
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54	
55	Authors:
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57	Sten Wang <sten_wang[AT]davicom.com[DOT]tw >   : Original Author
58	Tobias Ringstrom <tori[AT]unhappy.mine[DOT]nu> : Current Maintainer
59	
60	Contributors:
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62	Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo[AT]conectiva.com[DOT]br>
63	Alan Cox <alan[AT]lxorguk.ukuu.org[DOT]uk>
64	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik[AT]pobox[DOT]com>
65	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech[AT]suse[DOT]cz>
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