Re: [9fans] fs kernel ether driver update

[uriel@cat-v.org]

I'm sure there is a good reason for this, but I was wondering what would
it take for the fs kernel and the standard kernel to shared the drivers source.

Also would be nice if Inferno and standard Plan 9 kernel drivers lived in a single
source tree.

uriel

> I just put up a second file server for testing.  This one has a
> built-in SiS ethernet and I was able to exercise it; it seems to be
> fine with the current driver.  (I did have to change the boot programs
> to recognise the SiS interface, and those changes have been submitted
> as a patch, and still require one to specify ea= in plan9.ini for SiS
> interfaces.)
>
> I've also exercised an i82557 with a new driver.  It seems to be fine,
> so I've copied that driver to
> /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/fs/pc/ether82557.c.  Like ether83815.c,
> ether8139.c, etherdp83820.c, and etherigbe.c, this new 82557 driver
> will work unmodified in cpu kernels that have /sys/src/9/pc/compat.h.
>
> There are more driver updates coming as I get the chance to verify
> that the new drivers work correctly.