diff --git a/sys/dev/pci/if_rtk_pci.c b/sys/dev/pci/if_rtk_pci.c index 081396080449..ca27c89118eb 100644 --- a/sys/dev/pci/if_rtk_pci.c +++ b/sys/dev/pci/if_rtk_pci.c @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $NetBSD: if_rtk_pci.c,v 1.10 2001/11/13 07:48:44 lukem Exp $ */ +/* $NetBSD: if_rtk_pci.c,v 1.11 2002/02/04 16:33:15 tsutsui Exp $ */ /* * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 @@ -46,47 +46,8 @@ * Columbia University, New York City */ -/* - * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is - * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible - * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. The 8139 supports bus-master - * DMA, but it has a terrible interface that nullifies any performance - * gains that bus-master DMA usually offers. - * - * For transmission, the chip offers a series of four TX descriptor - * registers. Each transmit frame must be in a contiguous buffer, aligned - * on a longword (32-bit) boundary. This means we almost always have to - * do mbuf copies in order to transmit a frame, except in the unlikely - * case where a) the packet fits into a single mbuf, and b) the packet - * is 32-bit aligned within the mbuf's data area. The presence of only - * four descriptor registers means that we can never have more than four - * packets queued for transmission at any one time. - * - * Reception is not much better. The driver has to allocate a single large - * buffer area (up to 64K in size) into which the chip will DMA received - * frames. Because we don't know where within this region received packets - * will begin or end, we have no choice but to copy data from the buffer - * area into mbufs in order to pass the packets up to the higher protocol - * levels. - * - * It's impossible given this rotten design to really achieve decent - * performance at 100Mbps, unless you happen to have a 400Mhz PII or - * some equally overmuscled CPU to drive it. - * - * On the bright side, the 8139 does have a built-in PHY, although - * rather than using an MDIO serial interface like most other NICs, the - * PHY registers are directly accessible through the 8139's register - * space. The 8139 supports autonegotiation, as well as a 64-bit multicast - * filter. - * - * The 8129 chip is an older version of the 8139 that uses an external PHY - * chip. The 8129 has a serial MDIO interface for accessing the MII where - * the 8139 lets you directly access the on-board PHY registers. We need - * to select which interface to use depending on the chip type. - */ - #include -__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: if_rtk_pci.c,v 1.10 2001/11/13 07:48:44 lukem Exp $"); +__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: if_rtk_pci.c,v 1.11 2002/02/04 16:33:15 tsutsui Exp $"); #include #include