1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2 3.. include:: <isonum.txt> 4 5======================== 6SysKonnect driver - SKFP 7======================== 8 9|copy| Copyright 1998-2000 SysKonnect, 10 11skfp.txt created 11-May-2000 12 13Readme File for skfp.o v2.06 14 15 16.. This file contains 17 18 (1) OVERVIEW 19 (2) SUPPORTED ADAPTERS 20 (3) GENERAL INFORMATION 21 (4) INSTALLATION 22 (5) INCLUSION OF THE ADAPTER IN SYSTEM START 23 (6) TROUBLESHOOTING 24 (7) FUNCTION OF THE ADAPTER LEDS 25 (8) HISTORY 26 27 281. Overview 29=========== 30 31This README explains how to use the driver 'skfp' for Linux with your 32network adapter. 33 34Chapter 2: Contains a list of all network adapters that are supported by 35this driver. 36 37Chapter 3: 38 Gives some general information. 39 40Chapter 4: Describes common problems and solutions. 41 42Chapter 5: Shows the changed functionality of the adapter LEDs. 43 44Chapter 6: History of development. 45 46 472. Supported adapters 48===================== 49 50The network driver 'skfp' supports the following network adapters: 51SysKonnect adapters: 52 53 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) 54 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) 55 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) 56 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) 57 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) 58 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) 59 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) 60 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) 61 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) 62 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) 63 64Compaq adapters (not tested): 65 66 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC 67 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC 68 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP 69 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP 70 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC 71 72 733. General Information 74====================== 75 76From v2.01 on, the driver is integrated in the linux kernel sources. 77Therefore, the installation is the same as for any other adapter 78supported by the kernel. 79 80Refer to the manual of your distribution about the installation 81of network adapters. 82 83Makes my life much easier :-) 84 854. Troubleshooting 86================== 87 88If you run into problems during installation, check those items: 89 90Problem: 91 The FDDI adapter cannot be found by the driver. 92 93Reason: 94 Look in /proc/pci for the following entry: 95 96 'FDDI network controller: SysKonnect SK-FDDI-PCI ...' 97 98 If this entry exists, then the FDDI adapter has been 99 found by the system and should be able to be used. 100 101 If this entry does not exist or if the file '/proc/pci' 102 is not there, then you may have a hardware problem or PCI 103 support may not be enabled in your kernel. 104 105 The adapter can be checked using the diagnostic program 106 which is available from the SysKonnect web site: 107 108 www.syskonnect.de 109 110 Some COMPAQ machines have a problem with PCI under 111 Linux. This is described in the 'PCI howto' document 112 (included in some distributions or available from the 113 www, e.g. at 'www.linux.org') and no workaround is available. 114 115Problem: 116 You want to use your computer as a router between 117 multiple IP subnetworks (using multiple adapters), but 118 you cannot reach computers in other subnetworks. 119 120Reason: 121 Either the router's kernel is not configured for IP 122 forwarding or there is a problem with the routing table 123 and gateway configuration in at least one of the 124 computers. 125 126If your problem is not listed here, please contact our 127technical support for help. 128 129You can send email to: linux@syskonnect.de 130 131When contacting our technical support, 132please ensure that the following information is available: 133 134- System Manufacturer and Model 135- Boards in your system 136- Distribution 137- Kernel version 138 139 1405. Function of the Adapter LEDs 141=============================== 142 143 The functionality of the LED's on the FDDI network adapters was 144 changed in SMT version v2.82. With this new SMT version, the yellow 145 LED works as a ring operational indicator. An active yellow LED 146 indicates that the ring is down. The green LED on the adapter now 147 works as a link indicator where an active GREEN LED indicates that 148 the respective port has a physical connection. 149 150 With versions of SMT prior to v2.82 a ring up was indicated if the 151 yellow LED was off while the green LED(s) showed the connection 152 status of the adapter. During a ring down the green LED was off and 153 the yellow LED was on. 154 155 All implementations indicate that a driver is not loaded if 156 all LEDs are off. 157 158 1596. History 160========== 161 162v2.06 (20000511) (In-Kernel version) 163 New features: 164 165 - 64 bit support 166 - new pci dma interface 167 - in kernel 2.3.99 168 169v2.05 (20000217) (In-Kernel version) 170 New features: 171 172 - Changes for 2.3.45 kernel 173 174v2.04 (20000207) (Standalone version) 175 New features: 176 177 - Added rx/tx byte counter 178 179v2.03 (20000111) (Standalone version) 180 Problems fixed: 181 182 - Fixed printk statements from v2.02 183 184v2.02 (991215) (Standalone version) 185 Problems fixed: 186 187 - Removed unnecessary output 188 - Fixed path for "printver.sh" in makefile 189 190v2.01 (991122) (In-Kernel version) 191 New features: 192 193 - Integration in Linux kernel sources 194 - Support for memory mapped I/O. 195 196v2.00 (991112) 197 New features: 198 199 - Full source released under GPL 200 201v1.05 (991023) 202 Problems fixed: 203 204 - Compilation with kernel version 2.2.13 failed 205 206v1.04 (990427) 207 Changes: 208 209 - New SMT module included, changing LED functionality 210 211 Problems fixed: 212 213 - Synchronization on SMP machines was buggy 214 215v1.03 (990325) 216 Problems fixed: 217 218 - Interrupt routing on SMP machines could be incorrect 219 220v1.02 (990310) 221 New features: 222 223 - Support for kernel versions 2.2.x added 224 - Kernel patch instead of private duplicate of kernel functions 225 226v1.01 (980812) 227 Problems fixed: 228 229 Connection hangup with telnet 230 Slow telnet connection 231 232v1.00 beta 01 (980507) 233 New features: 234 235 None. 236 237 Problems fixed: 238 239 None. 240 241 Known limitations: 242 243 - tar archive instead of standard package format (rpm). 244 - FDDI statistic is empty. 245 - not tested with 2.1.xx kernels 246 - integration in kernel not tested 247 - not tested simultaneously with FDDI adapters from other vendors. 248 - only X86 processors supported. 249 - SBA (Synchronous Bandwidth Allocator) parameters can 250 not be configured. 251 - does not work on some COMPAQ machines. See the PCI howto 252 document for details about this problem. 253 - data corruption with kernel versions below 2.0.33. 254