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Owen Anderson resistor at mac.com
Mon Oct 27 19:31:26 PST 2003


Sounds like a plan.  I'd do just that if I had the faintest idea how.  
What files do I need to go poking around in, and what tools do I need 
to use for it?

Owen Anderson

On Oct 27, 2003, at 10:25 PM, peterg at ptree32.com.au wrote:

>>>  I think the only drivers compiled in are the fxp and gem.
>>> I'm assuming this isn't the on-board ethernet ?
>>
>> Nope.  It's the built-in Gigabit ethernet on my PowerMac
> G4/400.  It's
>> registered under OS X 10.3 as en0 if that helps at all.
>
>  OK, I'm pretty sure this is a GEM, but with a different
> PCI ID than what's in the kernel. I noticed that NetBSD's
> if_gm.c recognizes the GEM3, which is what you might have.
>
>  If you're keen, you could binary-patch the kernel
> to recognize the variant. Simply locate the GEM2 device
> ID, 0x0024106b and change it to 0x0032106b.
>
> later,
>
> Peter.
>
>



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