Charles wrote:
> Hi --
>
> --- In "bulkoboy11" <> wrote:
>
>> Brett
>>
>> Try "512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd". The 2.6.29 ep9302 driver may
>> have fixed some issues. I'm streaming data through it and haven't noticed
>> any problems.
>>
>> Ian T.
>>
>> --- In "Breton M. Saunders" <breton.saunders@>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> bulkoboy11 wrote:
>>>
>>>> --- In "Breton M. Saunders"
>>>> The second ethernet port on the 7300 is provided through the FPGA using
>>>> "open-eth" verilog code. A Linux driver is required for it and exists for
>>>> the 2.4 kernel. The latest mainline kernel contains code for the open-eth
>>>> driver but some work needs to be done to make it work on the 7300.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Ian,
>>>
>>> Cool thanks for clarifying that.
>>> I guess its down to digging in the ep9302 ethernet driver....
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -Brett
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ian T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <breton.saunders@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> bulkoboy11 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been using "512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd" on the ts7300 for
>>>>>> months. It has a 2.6.29 kernel and supports the SD card.
>>>>>> The only thing I need is the open-eth driver, which has appeared in
>>>>>> 2.6.31 and I'm thinking of backporting it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting - what is the open-eth driver?
>>>>>
>>>>> Im running into problems with the ethernet driver crapping out
>>>>> unexpectedly in 2.6.27.
>>>>>
>
> Which one is locking up: built-in ep93xx ethernet or the second port using
> the FPGA?
>
Its the ep9302 one; I should have been more clear.
> If it is the ep93xx port, this post:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/10980
>
> refers to some patches for the ep93xx ethernet port that were supposed to be
> headed upstream. A quick look at 2.6.28 doesn't show them there yet, and
> Mathieu still carries one or both of them in his patchset (atm, latest is
> 2.6.29.1):
> http://mcrapet.free.fr/
>
> Good to hear, btw, that vanilla 2.6.31 carries a driver for the FPGA ethernet
> port. If it's stable, the 7300 just became a little more attractive for a
> firewall.
>
>
Fantastic! I'll check into those right now.
Cheers,
-bms
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