From: nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) Subject: Re: ethernet drivers for DEC pathworks cards Date: 28 Jun 1993 15:15:17
In article <C9Bwr9.80n@bgers.co.uk> alder@bgers.co.uk (Ian Alder) writes:
I am trying to run linux tcp/ip over a dec pathworks ethernet
card. Do drivers exist for dec cards?
No. There is some hope for the older cards but less for the
EtherWorks 3. Unless DEC is forthcoming with programming
documentation, DON'T BUY THESE CARDS.
Does the concept of NDIS/packet drivers exist within Linux?
Sort of, but not really. The only way to get code into the kernel is
to compile it there. There exists a program that will load code into
the kernel, but the author got tired of tracking the kernel changes,
and Linus didn't/hasn't incorporated it into the standard kernel
distribution. I've been on both ends of that problem, and I'm not
blaming either party.