Linux ARCnet HOWTO

Avery Pennarun

Copyright © 1999 by Avery Pennarun

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Credits history

Where can I discuss these drivers?

Even more detailed history: the ChangeLog

What kinds of cards can I use?

What kinds of hosts can I connect to?

2. Using the Linux driver

Compiling and installing the driver modules

Unpack the .tar.gz
Edit the makefile
Compile the modules
Install the modules and run depmod
Load the modules and set up the interface

Hardware drivers

com90xx (most common)
com90io (COM90xx with I/O mapped buffers)
RIM I (memory-mapped I/O)
com20020 (a newer chip)
com20020pci (PCI card support)
com20020_cs (PCMCIA card services support)

Encap drivers

RFC1201 (Internet standard)
RFC1051 (Old/simple standard)
Ethernet-encap (used by some NDIS drivers)
Raw mode (build your own packets in userspace)

Wacky routing tricks

3. Drivers for other operating systems

4. Programming details

Writing a hardware driver

Encapsulation drivers

Using the raw mode encap from userspace

5. Handy hardware reference

Introduction to ARCnet
Cabling an arcnet network
Jumper settings and card diagrams

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