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6 SysKonnect driver - SKFP
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9 |copy| Copyright 1998-2000 SysKonnect,
11 skfp.txt created 11-May-2000
13 Readme File for skfp.o v2.06
19 (2) SUPPORTED ADAPTERS
20 (3) GENERAL INFORMATION
22 (5) INCLUSION OF THE ADAPTER IN SYSTEM START
24 (7) FUNCTION OF THE ADAPTER LEDS
31 This README explains how to use the driver 'skfp' for Linux with your
34 Chapter 2: Contains a list of all network adapters that are supported by
38 Gives some general information.
40 Chapter 4: Describes common problems and solutions.
42 Chapter 5: Shows the changed functionality of the adapter LEDs.
44 Chapter 6: History of development.
50 The network driver 'skfp' supports the following network adapters:
53 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
54 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
55 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
56 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
57 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
58 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
59 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
60 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
61 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
62 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
64 Compaq adapters (not tested):
66 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
67 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
68 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
69 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
70 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
73 3. General Information
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76 From v2.01 on, the driver is integrated in the linux kernel sources.
77 Therefore, the installation is the same as for any other adapter
78 supported by the kernel.
80 Refer to the manual of your distribution about the installation
83 Makes my life much easier :-)
88 If you run into problems during installation, check those items:
91 The FDDI adapter cannot be found by the driver.
94 Look in /proc/pci for the following entry:
96 'FDDI network controller: SysKonnect SK-FDDI-PCI ...'
98 If this entry exists, then the FDDI adapter has been
99 found by the system and should be able to be used.
101 If this entry does not exist or if the file '/proc/pci'
102 is not there, then you may have a hardware problem or PCI
103 support may not be enabled in your kernel.
105 The adapter can be checked using the diagnostic program
106 which is available from the SysKonnect web site:
110 Some COMPAQ machines have a problem with PCI under
111 Linux. This is described in the 'PCI howto' document
112 (included in some distributions or available from the
113 www, e.g. at 'www.linux.org') and no workaround is available.
116 You want to use your computer as a router between
117 multiple IP subnetworks (using multiple adapters), but
118 you cannot reach computers in other subnetworks.
121 Either the router's kernel is not configured for IP
122 forwarding or there is a problem with the routing table
123 and gateway configuration in at least one of the
126 If your problem is not listed here, please contact our
127 technical support for help.
129 You can send email to: linux@syskonnect.de
131 When contacting our technical support,
132 please ensure that the following information is available:
134 - System Manufacturer and Model
135 - Boards in your system
140 5. Function of the Adapter LEDs
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143 The functionality of the LED's on the FDDI network adapters was
144 changed in SMT version v2.82. With this new SMT version, the yellow
145 LED works as a ring operational indicator. An active yellow LED
146 indicates that the ring is down. The green LED on the adapter now
147 works as a link indicator where an active GREEN LED indicates that
148 the respective port has a physical connection.
150 With versions of SMT prior to v2.82 a ring up was indicated if the
151 yellow LED was off while the green LED(s) showed the connection
152 status of the adapter. During a ring down the green LED was off and
153 the yellow LED was on.
155 All implementations indicate that a driver is not loaded if
162 v2.06 (20000511) (In-Kernel version)
166 - new pci dma interface
169 v2.05 (20000217) (In-Kernel version)
172 - Changes for 2.3.45 kernel
174 v2.04 (20000207) (Standalone version)
177 - Added rx/tx byte counter
179 v2.03 (20000111) (Standalone version)
182 - Fixed printk statements from v2.02
184 v2.02 (991215) (Standalone version)
187 - Removed unnecessary output
188 - Fixed path for "printver.sh" in makefile
190 v2.01 (991122) (In-Kernel version)
193 - Integration in Linux kernel sources
194 - Support for memory mapped I/O.
199 - Full source released under GPL
204 - Compilation with kernel version 2.2.13 failed
209 - New SMT module included, changing LED functionality
213 - Synchronization on SMP machines was buggy
218 - Interrupt routing on SMP machines could be incorrect
223 - Support for kernel versions 2.2.x added
224 - Kernel patch instead of private duplicate of kernel functions
229 Connection hangup with telnet
230 Slow telnet connection
232 v1.00 beta 01 (980507)
243 - tar archive instead of standard package format (rpm).
244 - FDDI statistic is empty.
245 - not tested with 2.1.xx kernels
246 - integration in kernel not tested
247 - not tested simultaneously with FDDI adapters from other vendors.
248 - only X86 processors supported.
249 - SBA (Synchronous Bandwidth Allocator) parameters can
251 - does not work on some COMPAQ machines. See the PCI howto
252 document for details about this problem.
253 - data corruption with kernel versions below 2.0.33.