tlan.rst

  1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2
  3=====================
  4TLAN driver for Linux
  5=====================
  6
  7:Version: 1.14a
  8
  9(C) 1997-1998 Caldera, Inc.
 10
 11(C) 1998 James Banks
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 13(C) 1999-2001 Torben Mathiasen <tmm@image.dk, torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>
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 15For driver information/updates visit http://www.compaq.com
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 17
 18
 19
 20
 21I. Supported Devices
 22====================
 23
 24    Only PCI devices will work with this driver.
 25
 26    Supported:
 27
 28    =========	=========	===========================================
 29    Vendor ID	Device ID	Name
 30    =========	=========	===========================================
 31    0e11	ae32		Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP
 32    0e11	ae34		Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP
 33    0e11	ae35		Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P
 34    0e11	ae40		Compaq Netelligent Dual 10/100 TX PCI UTP
 35    0e11	ae43		Compaq Netelligent Integrated 10/100 TX UTP
 36    0e11	b011		Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP
 37    0e11	b012		Compaq Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax
 38    0e11	b030		Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP
 39    0e11	f130		Compaq NetFlex 3/P
 40    0e11	f150		Compaq NetFlex 3/P
 41    108d	0012		Olicom OC-2325
 42    108d	0013		Olicom OC-2183
 43    108d	0014		Olicom OC-2326
 44    =========	=========	===========================================
 45
 46
 47    Caveats:
 48
 49    I am not sure if 100BaseTX daughterboards (for those cards which
 50    support such things) will work.  I haven't had any solid evidence
 51    either way.
 52
 53    However, if a card supports 100BaseTx without requiring an add
 54    on daughterboard, it should work with 100BaseTx.
 55
 56    The "Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax" (b012) device is untested,
 57    but I do not expect any problems.
 58
 59
 60II. Driver Options
 61==================
 62
 63	1. You can append debug=x to the end of the insmod line to get
 64	   debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean
 65	   the following:
 66
 67	   ====		=====================================
 68	   0x01		Turn on general debugging messages.
 69	   0x02		Turn on receive debugging messages.
 70	   0x04		Turn on transmit debugging messages.
 71	   0x08		Turn on list debugging messages.
 72	   ====		=====================================
 73
 74	2. You can append aui=1 to the end of the insmod line to cause
 75	   the adapter to use the AUI interface instead of the 10 Base T
 76	   interface.  This is also what to do if you want to use the BNC
 77	   connector on a TLAN based device.  (Setting this option on a
 78	   device that does not have an AUI/BNC connector will probably
 79	   cause it to not function correctly.)
 80
 81	3. You can set duplex=1 to force half duplex, and duplex=2 to
 82	   force full duplex.
 83
 84	4. You can set speed=10 to force 10Mbs operation, and speed=100
 85	   to force 100Mbs operation. (I'm not sure what will happen
 86	   if a card which only supports 10Mbs is forced into 100Mbs
 87	   mode.)
 88
 89	5. You have to use speed=X duplex=Y together now. If you just
 90	   do "insmod tlan.o speed=100" the driver will do Auto-Neg.
 91	   To force a 10Mbps Half-Duplex link do "insmod tlan.o speed=10
 92	   duplex=1".
 93
 94	6. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd
 95	   and 4th parameters to set aui and debug respectively.  For
 96	   example::
 97
 98		ether=0,0,0x1,0x7,eth0
 99
100	   This sets aui to 0x1 and debug to 0x7, assuming eth0 is a
101	   supported TLAN device.
102
103	   The bits in the third byte are assigned as follows:
104
105		====   ===============
106		0x01   aui
107		0x02   use half duplex
108		0x04   use full duplex
109		0x08   use 10BaseT
110		0x10   use 100BaseTx
111		====   ===============
112
113	   You also need to set both speed and duplex settings when forcing
114	   speeds with kernel-parameters.
115	   ether=0,0,0x12,0,eth0 will force link to 100Mbps Half-Duplex.
116
117	7. If you have more than one tlan adapter in your system, you can
118	   use the above options on a per adapter basis. To force a 100Mbit/HD
119	   link with your eth1 adapter use::
120
121		insmod tlan speed=0,100 duplex=0,1
122
123	   Now eth0 will use auto-neg and eth1 will be forced to 100Mbit/HD.
124	   Note that the tlan driver supports a maximum of 8 adapters.
125
126
127III. Things to try if you have problems
128=======================================
129
130	1. Make sure your card's PCI id is among those listed in
131	   section I, above.
132	2. Make sure routing is correct.
133	3. Try forcing different speed/duplex settings
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135
136There is also a tlan mailing list which you can join by sending "subscribe tlan"
137in the body of an email to majordomo@vuser.vu.union.edu.
138
139There is also a tlan website at http://www.compaq.com
140