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 This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of
 the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.

 This is a tulip and clone driver for Etherboot.  See the revision
 history in the tulip.c file for information on changes.  This version
 of the driver incorporates changes from Bob Edwards and Paul Mackerras
 who cantributed changes to support the TRENDnet TE100-PCIA NIC which
 uses a genuine Intel 21143-PD chipset.  There are also various code
 cleanups to make time-based activities more reliable.

 Of course you have to have all the usual Etherboot environment
 (bootp/dhcp/NFS) set up, and you need a Linux kernel with v0.91g
 (7.16.99) or later of the tulip.c driver compiled in to support some
 MX98715 based cards.  That file is available at:

   http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c

 NOTES

 I've tested this driver with a SOHOware Fast 10/100 Model SDA110A,
 a Linksys LNE100TX v2.0, and a Netgear FA310TX card, and it worked at
 both 10 and 100 mbits. Other cards based on the tulip family may work as
 well.

 These cards are about 20$US, are supported by Linux and now Etherboot,
 and being PCI, they auto-configure IRQ and IOADDR and auto-negotiate
 10/100 half/full duplex. It seems like a pretty good value compared to
 some of the pricier cards, and can lower the cost of building/adapting
 thin client workstations substantially while giving a considerable
 performance increase.

 On some PCI tulip clone chipsets (MX987x5, LC82C115, LC82C168) this driver
 lets the card choose the fastest speed it can negotiate with the peer
 device.  On other cards, it chooses 10mbit half-duplex.

 I burned an AM27C256 (32KByte) EPROM with mx987x5.lzrom and it worked.
 According to the data sheet the MX98715A supports up to 64K (27C512)
 EPROMs,

 I've liberally commented the code and header files in the hope that it
 will help the next person who hacks the code or needs to support some
 tulip clone card, or wishes to add functionality.

 Anyway, please test this if you can on your tulip based card, and let
 me (mdc@thinguin.org) and the netboot list (netboot@baghira.han.de)
 know how things go.  I also would appreciate code review by people who
 program.  I'm a strong believer in "another set of eyes".

 Regards,

 Marty Connor
 mdc@thinguin.org
 http://www.thinguin.org/
	This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of
	the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.

	This is a tulip and clone driver for Etherboot. See the revision
	history in the tulip.c file for information on changes. This version
	of the driver incorporates changes from Bob Edwards and Paul Mackerras
	who cantributed changes to support the TRENDnet TE100-PCIA NIC which
	uses a genuine Intel 21143-PD chipset. There are also various code
	cleanups to make time-based activities more reliable.

	Of course you have to have all the usual Etherboot environment
	(bootp/dhcp/NFS) set up, and you need a Linux kernel with v0.91g
	(7.16.99) or later of the tulip.c driver compiled in to support some
	MX98715 based cards. That file is available at:

	http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c

	NOTES

	I've tested this driver with a SOHOware Fast 10/100 Model SDA110A,
	a Linksys LNE100TX v2.0, and a Netgear FA310TX card, and it worked at
	both 10 and 100 mbits. Other cards based on the tulip family may work as
	well.

	These cards are about 20$US, are supported by Linux and now Etherboot,
	and being PCI, they auto-configure IRQ and IOADDR and auto-negotiate
	10/100 half/full duplex. It seems like a pretty good value compared to
	some of the pricier cards, and can lower the cost of building/adapting
	thin client workstations substantially while giving a considerable
	performance increase.

	On some PCI tulip clone chipsets (MX987x5, LC82C115, LC82C168) this driver
	lets the card choose the fastest speed it can negotiate with the peer
	device. On other cards, it chooses 10mbit half-duplex.

	I burned an AM27C256 (32KByte) EPROM with mx987x5.lzrom and it worked.
	According to the data sheet the MX98715A supports up to 64K (27C512)
	EPROMs,

	I've liberally commented the code and header files in the hope that it
	will help the next person who hacks the code or needs to support some
	tulip clone card, or wishes to add functionality.

	Anyway, please test this if you can on your tulip based card, and let
	me (mdc@thinguin.org) and the netboot list (netboot@baghira.han.de)
	know how things go. I also would appreciate code review by people who
	program. I'm a strong believer in "another set of eyes".

	Regards,

	Marty Connor
	mdc@thinguin.org
	http://www.thinguin.org/