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16 years ago

TSE MAC with Vitesse VSC8601, Simple Socket Server Example Problem

Hi, I am trying to get the Simple Socket Server Example running with a PHY that is not supported by standard driver. I added a profile with the alt_tse_add_profile() function. When I start the SS...
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16 years ago

Just compile the SSS for your system, it should be able to use the MAC out of the box.

I don't know that PHY chip. IIRC the driver automatically switches to 100Mbit/s mode if it doesn't know the PHY chip. Have a look at the driver source code to see how to add a new PHY chip reference to the driver so that it can handle it properly.