Re: How to convert linux ethernet driver to wince driver

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From: Yannick Chamming's [eMVP] (ychammings_nospam_at_adeset.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:36:55 +0100

I think only guys from D-Link could help you, or S/O who developped a driver
for the same card. For the last case, the only thing to do is to perform a
web search.

Good luck...
Yannick 

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"Wang Yeqing" <wangyq@amoi.com.cn> wrote in message
news:OcIbN2s$EHA.608@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I am reading the linux source code now.But I have no knowledge of this
card.
> I don't know how to send command,receive data,and know little about how to
> configure the registers.
>
> I think if I have the data *** of this card,the work will be a little
> easier.
>
> But how can I get the data ***.I have access to www.d-link.com.
> But I found only information about how to use this card.There is no
> information about how to write driver for this card.
> I think if I did not work for this convertion I will care little about how
> to write driver for ethernet card,because manufacturer has done everything
> for you.
>
> Unfortunately,I need to know how to write driver for this card.So I think
I
> must have the data *** of this card,Or I think I can not do this work
> well.
>
>
> Could some one give some help?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> Best wishes
> Wang Yeqing
> ***********************************************************
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> "Yannick Chamming's [eMVP]" <ychammings_nospam@adeset.com>
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> > WinCE Ethernet driver are NDIS driver, which is not the case of Linux
> > ones,
> > so it won't be easy to just "convert it"
> >
> > You should probably redevelop the driver from a WinCE sample, and
> > potentially reinject low level portions of code from Linux driver for
> > hardware accesses.
> > Check your licensing, because I'm not sure you are allowed to include
code
> > from Linux into CE (especially with GPL licence). In this case, you'll
> > have
> > to perform reverse engineering on the Linux driver to recode it into CE.
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> > "Wang Yeqing" <wangyq@amoi.com.cn> wrote in message
> > news:uCNZ7Dq$EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> PS: I have only linux source code.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best wishes
> >> Wang Yeqing
> >> ***********************************************************
> >>   Intelligent Grouping Research and Development Institute
> >>                 Amoi Electronics Co., Ltd
> >>
> >> Tel: 86-592-6516777-6516
> >> ***********************************************************
> >>
> >> "Wang Yeqing" <wangyq@amoi.com.cn>
> > 写入消息新闻:uN0IQ2p$EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am trying to do this work on converting linux ethernet driver to
> >> > wince
> >> > driver.Because we have a lot of this ethernet card.
> >> > It is D-link DFE-670TXD.It is a PCMCIA 10/100Mbps NWay fast ethernet
PC
> >> > card.
> >> > and it is compatible with NE2000.
> >> >
> >> > I have source code of this driver.
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately,I have no data *** about this ethernet card.So I can
> >> > not
> >> > understand
> >> > the source code.
> >> >
> >> > Could some one give suggestions about how to do this work Or how Can
I
> > get
> >> > data *** of this card?
> >> > Is data *** of this card a business secret and I can NOT get it?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Best wishes
> >> > Wang Yeqing
> >> > ***********************************************************
> >> >  Intelligent Grouping Research and Development Institute
> >> >                Amoi Electronics Co., Ltd
> >> >
> >> > Tel: 86-592-6516777-6516
> >> > ***********************************************************
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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