RTEMS PORT OF THE 'le' ETHERNET DRIVER
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This is a port of the FreeBSD 'le' driver as of
2007/7/21 (checked out from FreeBSD/head on that date).

SUPPORTED BSPs:
- you need 'libbsdport' which in turn needs 'libbspExt'
  These work for i386/pc386 and powerpc/new-exception-processing
  BSPs, i.e., the BSP must implement <rtems/pci.h> and <rtems/irq.h>.

USAGE:
- to attach this driver:
  *	define a NULL terminated list with all libbsdport supported
	drivers you want to include with your application:

	extern driver_t libbsdport_le_pci_driver;

	driver_t *libbsdport_netdriver_table[] = {
		&libbsdport_le_pci_driver,
		/* other drivers here or upstream of 'le' if they support
		 * the same hardware but are preferred.
		 */
		0
	};

  * specify libbsdport_netdriver_attach for the 'attach' function
	pointer in struct rtems_bsdnet_ifconfig.

  * use the 'name' field in struct rtems_bsdnet_ifconfig to filter
    drivers and device instances:

         <driver_name><instance>

    either may be omitted which means that the next available
	driver/hardware device is to be used. Here are a few examples:

	     ""     /* use first device found supported by any driver in the
		         * libbsdport_driver_table[].
			     */

	     "le1"  /* use first device supported by the 'le' driver */ 

	Notes: Counting instances begins with 1 (not 0).
	       Consult libbsdport/README for more information.


KNOWN ISSUES:
- only the PCI module has been ported, so far. No ISA (yet).
  This means that only the 
    am79900*.*
	lance*.*
	if_le_pci.c
  files are really used. Other files are left here for reference.
- media status (SIOCGIFMEDIA) doesn't work. sc_mediastatus
  is not set so the media is always reported as 0.
- 'ignore_broadcast' and 'mtu' settings from
  struct rtems_bsdnet_ifconfig are ignored. I haven't seen 
  many drivers that honour 'ignore_broadcast' and 'mtu' can be
  set using a ioctl(). I'm trying to keep changes to BSD sources
  minimal...
- ring sizes are restricted to powers of 2.

OTHER NOTES:
- you can use the 'pcn' driver for 79C971 and upwards
  chips. 'pcn' supposedly uses more advanced features
  of those chips.
- 'le' works with qemu's 'pcnet32' Am79C970A emulation :-)

TESTED WITH:
  Technobox 10/100-TX Ethernet PMC (AMD Am79C973 chip)
  qemu 'pcnet32' emulation

TESTED ON:
  rtems-4.7
    powerpc/beatnik (motorola MVME5500 and MVME6100 VME boards)
	i386/pc686      (concurrent technologies PP410 compact PCI)
	qemu            emulator

T.S, 200707