[realtek] network driver newbie

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Wed, 2 May 2001 13:09:44 -0400 (EDT)


On 2 May 2001, Nilesh  Modi wrote:

> I am new to this mailing list.
>  I want to know how the hardware of nic works ?

Reading the readily available datasheet would be a good place to start.

> Any type of suggestions/remarks/links/feedbacks will be of great help.

We usually expect that people do at least a little research before
asking questions.  Specific questions of "what does this register do"
are possible to answer, while "explain Ethernet adapters" would require
duplicating whole books. 

Donald Becker				becker@scyld.com
Scyld Computing Corporation		http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210		Second Generation Beowulf Clusters
Annapolis MD 21403			410-990-9993