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DP83867 windows driver

Kai Hsiao
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Dear Sir 

As I know DP83867 has linux driver ,If we would like to use DP83867 on intel platform ,does DP83867 need windows driver to install??

Thanks 

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    TI__Mastermind 31600 points

    Kai,

    It is going to depend on the adapter I believe.  If the driver uses device specific functionality or uses registers that are not defined by IEEE 802.3, it may not work.  

    When I review a driver for applicability, there are several aspects that I consider related to device specific functionality:

    • Does current driver use features specific to the device (registers not defined by IEEE 802.3)?
    • Will the application require device specific features (interrupts, etc.)?
    • Does the driver check the IEEE 802.3 defined PHY Identifier Registers – PHYIDR1 (address 0x02) and PHYIDR2 (address 0x03)?
    • Does the driver require a specific PHY address (e.g. 0x00)?

    It is something of an oversimplification boiling it down to those few questions, but hopefully it gives you an idea of some of the functionality that would need to be considered.

    Patrick