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  • Legacy AIX device driver source code

    From Ryan Alswede@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 1 10:56:52 2022
    Hi,

    I know this is a long shot.

    Does anybody have legacy AIX 4.1-5.1 device driver source code for this legacy device or PCnet AMD family? IBM did license AIX code out to organizations for customizations.

    10/100 Mbps Ethernet TX MCA Microchannel Adapter Device ID: 8f62 -Am79C971 Ethernet chip through an Adaptec AIC960 bridge chip.

    Or PCI Ethernet device driver (23100020) as described here:

    http://www.mouritzen.dk/aix-doc/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/kernextc/ethernet_dd.htm

    Looking to port this device to x86 based machines.

    Thanks,
    Ryan

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 1 20:44:34 2022
    Am 01.11.2022 um 10:56:52 Uhr schrieb Ryan Alswede:

    Does anybody have legacy AIX 4.1-5.1 device driver source code for
    this legacy device or PCnet AMD family? IBM did license AIX code
    out to organizations for customizations.

    10/100 Mbps Ethernet TX MCA Microchannel Adapter Device ID: 8f62
    -Am79C971 Ethernet chip through an Adaptec AIC960 bridge chip.

    Or PCI Ethernet device driver (23100020) as described here:

    http://www.mouritzen.dk/aix-doc/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/kernextc/ethernet_dd.htm

    Looking to port this device to x86 based machines.

    I have an IBM AMD PCnet PCI card in my AMD Ryzen PC.

    It uses the Linux pcnet32 driver. Its source code is available for i386
    and amd64, maybe this is helpful for you.

    I also have a floppy with P/N 93H8201

    10/100 Mbps Ethernet Tx MCA Adapter Device Driver for RS/6000

    And 93H8197
    10/100 Mbps Ethernet Tx MCA Adapter (8F62) Device Driver & Diagnostics
    for RS/6000

    If you are interested in the content, I can upload it.

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  • From Ryan Alswede@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 1 13:15:24 2022
    If you are interested in the content, I can upload it.

    Yes please!, zip or rar them into archives and mail to ryanalswede you know the sign to g mail dot com.

    Yes the Linux driver is for the pci I believe. IBM used a bridge chip to go from the same pci amd chip to microchannel which has always been the black mystery box for us.

    Thanks a million for your help.
    Ryan

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 08:07:00 2022
    Am 01.11.2022 um 13:15:24 Uhr schrieb Ryan Alswede:

    If you are interested in the content, I can upload it.

    Yes please!, zip or rar them into archives and mail to ryanalswede
    you know the sign to g mail dot com.

    Yes the Linux driver is for the pci I believe. IBM used a bridge
    chip to go from the same pci amd chip to microchannel which has
    always been the black mystery box for us.

    I've uploaded it: https://archive.org/details/pcnet_202211
    I can't find a file system on the floppy, but I read them out with dd.
    Maybe AIX knows the file system. Do you know which fs they commonly use?
    Maybe on my Linux driver a kernel module is missing that supports it.

    There were no errors when reading the floppy in my 3.5" floppy drive.

    If you want the floppies, I can mail them to you, but you need to pay
    for the shipping.

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  • From Ryan Alswede@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 06:26:37 2022
    Do you know which fs they commonly use?
    You've probably tried Fast File System (FFS), Unix File System(UFS) or FAT16

    I think Journal File System (JFS) was for hard drives.

    They maybe in a AIX backup format. https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_Install_Disk_Image_Format.html

    If you want the floppies, I can mail them to you, but you need to pay
    for the shipping.
    Yes I can pay for them. Send paay pal invoice to HelloTalkToMe13 you know the sign at hotmail com
    Zip code 75089

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 14:52:44 2022
    Am 02.11.2022 um 06:26:37 Uhr schrieb Ryan Alswede:

    They maybe in a AIX backup format. https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_Install_Disk_Image_Format.html

    They are.

    93H8197.img: AIX backup/restore format file

    I'll try to figure out how to mount them in Ubuntu/Debian.

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  • From Ryan Alswede@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 08:49:13 2022
    Noticed you used archive.org

    What do you make of this response from one else's question? The link doesn't seem to not work.

    I can't comment on the legality thereof, but the AIX 4.1.3 source is
    available from The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/download/various_operating_system_source_code

    From:
    https://comp.unix.aix.narkive.com/qQAjIOdH/aix-source-code

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  • From Ryan Alswede@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 18:46:47 2022
    I did download this: https://archive.org/details/aix-amiga-os-apple-ux-ultrix-dynix-ptx-irix-osf1-solaris-sunos-sysv-sysvr2-sysvr

    It has AIX 4.1.3 source code, but the MCA 8f62 didn't come out till AIX 4.1.5. So close!

    Ryan

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 3 19:48:14 2022
    Am 02.11.2022 um 18:46:47 Uhr schrieb Ryan Alswede:

    It has AIX 4.1.3 source code, but the MCA 8f62 didn't come out till
    AIX 4.1.5. So close!

    Could you use the content of my floppies?

    I wasn't able to extract the content, but you have the images and you
    can use them in AIX.

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  • From Ryan Alswede@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 3 12:32:34 2022
    Could you use the content of my floppies?

    I will be using your disk images when I get another RS/6000 machine.

    That archive site is really neat. Found the IBM AIX 4.1 DDK (device driver development kit) CD iso.

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