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RE: i386 TARGET network programming
- To: "'Jonathan Larmour'" <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] i386 TARGET network programming
- From: "Trenton D. Adams" <tadams at extremeeng dot com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:13:42 -0600
- Cc: "'eCos mailing list'" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Organization: Extreme Engineering
>
> "Trenton D. Adams" wrote:
> >
> > I already sent a message like this to the list from my other email
> > address. However, since I sent it on Saturday, and I haven't
received
> > it back from the list yet, I assume it didn't get through.
> >
> > I'm wondering if the only network adapter I can use for network
> > programming is that Intel Etherexpress Pro or whatever it is? If
so,
> > what is the i386 target for? If I don't have networking
capability it
> > seems that it would be a waste of time for anything else. I can't
> think
> > of anything else that someone might use it for.
>
> There's plenty of PC compatible motherboards that people use for
> embedded
> applications. Not every embedded application requires networking
> abilities,
> and not everyone specifically needs to use a specific card, so an
Intel
> Etherexpress compatible card is adequate. Although, if you like,
just
> earlier Rosimildo da Silva just made available a 3Com 3c5x9 NIC
driver.
>
Unfortunately, I don't own either one of the cards.
Are there any cards out there that would use the same driver as the
Intel Etherexpress? I need a 10/100 card for my other machine anyhow so
I could just buy one of those. I don't want to pay out the $70+ for a
3COM or $120+ for the Intel card.