[Bug #960] Support for 3com Mini-PCI 3c556B CardBus adapter

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=================== BUG #960: LATEST MODIFICATIONS ==================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=960&group_id=68

Changes by: Yoshinori K. Okuji <address@hidden>
Date: 2002-Aug-08 16:48 (GMT)

------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ----------------------------
We make it a principle not to apply our own patches to the
network drivers. The canonical way is to submit patches
to Etherboot, then we can incorporate your changes from
Etherboot. I'm sorry that this isn't mentioned explicitly
anywhere.

Thanks,
Okuji



=================== BUG #960: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================


Submitted by: patl                      Project: GNU GRUB                       
Submitted on: 2002-Aug-07 21:40
Category:  Network                      Severity:  Major                        
Priority:  None                         Bug Group:  Action Request              
Resolution:  None                       Assigned to:  None                      
Status:  Open                           Release:  0.92                          
Reproducibility:  Every Time            Planned Release:                        

Summary:  Support for 3com Mini-PCI 3c556B CardBus adapter

Original Submission:  I was trying to use pxegrub to perform a diskless boot of 
an IBM Thinkpad T20 laptop, but I discovered that the built-in Ethernet 
hardware (3Com 3c556B Mini-PCI) was not supported by the GRUB.  I compared the 
Linux 3c59x driver with the GRUB 3c90x driver, and came up with a simple patch 
to support the 3c556B.  I can vouch that it works for me on my T20.

Since this patch adds support for more hardware and changes so little, I 
suggest applying it.  Thanks!

(You might be wondering why anybody would want to boot a diskless laptop.  
Think "automated OS installation".)


Follow-up Comments
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Date: 2002-Aug-08 16:48             By: okuji
We make it a principle not to apply our own patches to the
network drivers. The canonical way is to submit patches
to Etherboot, then we can incorporate your changes from
Etherboot. I'm sorry that this isn't mentioned explicitly
anywhere.

Thanks,
Okuji


File Attachments
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Date: 2002-Aug-07 21:40  Name: patch.txt  Size: 6KB   By: patl
Patch to add netboot support for 3c556B
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?group_id=68&bug_id=960&bug_file_id=69


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