1 (C)Copyright 1998-2000 SysKonnect,
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4 skfp.txt created 11-May-2000
6 Readme File for skfp.o v2.06
11 (2) SUPPORTED ADAPTERS
12 (3) GENERAL INFORMATION
14 (5) INCLUSION OF THE ADAPTER IN SYSTEM START
16 (7) FUNCTION OF THE ADAPTER LEDS
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26 This README explains how to use the driver 'skfp' for Linux with your
29 Chapter 2: Contains a list of all network adapters that are supported by
32 Chapter 3: Gives some general information.
34 Chapter 4: Describes common problems and solutions.
36 Chapter 5: Shows the changed functionality of the adapter LEDs.
38 Chapter 6: History of development.
43 (2) SUPPORTED ADAPTERS
44 ======================
46 The network driver 'skfp' supports the following network adapters:
48 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
49 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
50 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
51 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
52 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
53 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
54 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
55 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
56 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
57 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
58 Compaq adapters (not tested):
59 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
60 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
61 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
62 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
63 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
67 (3) GENERAL INFORMATION
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70 From v2.01 on, the driver is integrated in the linux kernel sources.
71 Therefor, the installation is the same as for any other adapter
72 supported by the kernel.
73 Refer to the manual of your distribution about the installation
75 Makes my life much easier :-)
82 If you run into problems during installation, check those items:
84 Problem: The FDDI adapter can not be found by the driver.
85 Reason: Look in /proc/pci for the following entry:
86 'FDDI network controller: SysKonnect SK-FDDI-PCI ...'
87 If this entry exists, then the FDDI adapter has been
88 found by the system and should be able to be used.
89 If this entry does not exist or if the file '/proc/pci'
90 is not there, then you may have a hardware problem or PCI
91 support may not be enabled in your kernel.
92 The adapter can be checked using the diagnostic program
93 which is available from the SysKonnect web site:
95 Some COMPAQ machines have a problem with PCI under
96 Linux. This is described in the 'PCI howto' document
97 (included in some distributions or available from the
98 www, e.g. at 'www.linux.org') and no workaround is available.
100 Problem: You want to use your computer as a router between
101 multiple IP subnetworks (using multiple adapters), but
102 you can not reach computers in other subnetworks.
103 Reason: Either the router's kernel is not configured for IP
104 forwarding or there is a problem with the routing table
105 and gateway configuration in at least one of the
108 If your problem is not listed here, please contact our
109 technical support for help.
110 You can send email to:
112 When contacting our technical support,
113 please ensure that the following information is available:
114 - System Manufacturer and Model
115 - Boards in your system
122 (5) FUNCTION OF THE ADAPTER LEDS
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125 The functionality of the LED's on the FDDI network adapters was
126 changed in SMT version v2.82. With this new SMT version, the yellow
127 LED works as a ring operational indicator. An active yellow LED
128 indicates that the ring is down. The green LED on the adapter now
129 works as a link indicator where an active GREEN LED indicates that
130 the respective port has a physical connection.
132 With versions of SMT prior to v2.82 a ring up was indicated if the
133 yellow LED was off while the green LED(s) showed the connection
134 status of the adapter. During a ring down the green LED was off and
135 the yellow LED was on.
137 All implementations indicate that a driver is not loaded if
146 v2.06 (20000511) (In-Kernel version)
149 - new pci dma interface
152 v2.05 (20000217) (In-Kernel version)
154 - Changes for 2.3.45 kernel
156 v2.04 (20000207) (Standalone version)
158 - Added rx/tx byte counter
160 v2.03 (20000111) (Standalone version)
162 - Fixed printk statements from v2.02
164 v2.02 (991215) (Standalone version)
166 - Removed unnecessary output
167 - Fixed path for "printver.sh" in makefile
169 v2.01 (991122) (In-Kernel version)
171 - Integration in Linux kernel sources
172 - Support for memory mapped I/O.
176 - Full source released under GPL
180 - Compilation with kernel version 2.2.13 failed
184 - New SMT module included, changing LED functionality
186 - Synchronization on SMP machines was buggy
190 - Interrupt routing on SMP machines could be incorrect
194 - Support for kernel versions 2.2.x added
195 - Kernel patch instead of private duplicate of kernel functions
199 Connection hangup with telnet
200 Slow telnet connection
202 v1.00 beta 01 (980507)
208 - tar archive instead of standard package format (rpm).
209 - FDDI statistic is empty.
210 - not tested with 2.1.xx kernels
211 - integration in kernel not tested
212 - not tested simultaneously with FDDI adapters from other vendors.
213 - only X86 processors supported.
214 - SBA (Synchronous Bandwidth Allocator) parameters can
216 - does not work on some COMPAQ machines. See the PCI howto
217 document for details about this problem.
218 - data corruption with kernel versions below 2.0.33.
220 *** End of information file ***