Re: new if_vx driver in incoming on freefal

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From
Naoki Hamada <nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp>
Date
25 Sep 1996 00:46:06
Subject
Re: new if_vx driver in incoming on freefal
Message-ID
199609250745.QAA04292@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp

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Guido wrote:
>With this driver the 'hanging card in OACTIVE' should b fixed without
>the gross hack I introduced earlier. I am planning to implement a fix
>for the early revision adapters. These are not identified by my driver,
>but the old (original if_vx) way of identifying them was *correct*.

No. When the old vx driver attempt to read the EEPROM_SOFT_INFO_2
register, 'WINDOW 2' is selected instead of the right 'WINDOW 0'. Then
the driver reports that all the adapters are defective, which is not
the truth :-<

-nao


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