[U-Boot-Users] Ethernet support for LAN91C111

[Ben Warren]

Shinose wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Ben Warren <biggerbadderben at gmail.com 
> <mailto:biggerbadderben at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Naveen,
>
>     On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:02 AM, navin karnam
>     <navin.karnam at gmail.com <mailto:navin.karnam at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I have pxa255 board and one Ethernet controller LAN91C111-Nu
>     (10/100 Base T)
>     > attached to it.
>     > Does u-boot code supports this type of Ethernet controller? Can
>     anybody tell
>     > what are the changes that need to be done to make this Ethernet
>     controller
>     > work? If not how do i had the support for it?
>     >
>
>     I believe the LNA91C111 is software compatible with the LAN91xx, but
>     don't know for sure.  If this is true, you should be able to use the
>     driver called 'smc9111.c'.  Be sure to get the latest version of the
>     code base from git.denx.de <http://git.denx.de>.
>
>     regards,
>     Ben
>
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> Hi Naveen,
>
> The driver support the SMSC chip 9111 on any platform if you have a 32 
> bit wide databus. For other bus widths you need to customize the driver.
>
The driver supports both 32-bit and 16-bit, and probably 8-bit too, 
although nobody's tried it and reported results.
> Thanks & Regards,
> Shinose.
regards,
Ben