Moschip MCS7830

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Hi all.
I want to add support for MCS7830 usb ethernet adapter to the angstrom
console image. Can anyone show me the steps I've to do to get it (or
some guide)?

Regards all,
sergio.

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Hi Sergio, support for the MCS7830 usb ethernet adapter is already
built for the later Angstrom kernels 2.6.28/2.6.29, however it's built
as an external module so you will have to make sure you installed the
external module*.tar.gz package that Angstrom provides.

Otherwise i've had no issues with Startek MCS7830 based usb Ethernet
adapters on my two beagle's.

Regards,

3

Thanks Robert, this is what I need.
I'm very new to embedded world. Thank you, I will do a little search to
find all needed to built MCS7830 module.

Regards,

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From: beagleboard@googlegroups.com
[mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:37 AM
To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com
Subject: [beagleboard] Re: Moschip MCS7830

>
> Hi all.
> I want to add support for MCS7830 usb ethernet adapter to the angstrom
> console image. Can anyone show me the steps I've to do to get it (or
> some guide)?
>
> Regards all,
> sergio.

Hi Sergio, support for the MCS7830 usb ethernet adapter is already
built for the later Angstrom kernels 2.6.28/2.6.29, however it's built
as an external module so you will have to make sure you installed the
external module*.tar.gz package that Angstrom provides.

This has always been a source of irritation for me. I don't understand why
all the other USB Network drivers are built into the kernel, but MCS7830 is
built as a module. All you have to do is edit the kernel .config and change
CONFIG_USB_NET_MCS7830=m to CONFIG_USB_NET_MCS7830=y. After that, run the
bitbake command again and your driver will work. This really should be the
default configuration for the kernel.

5

I agree, it doesn't make sense, here's a patch based off mainline from
a couple weeks ago. :wink: (it's applied to all my builds post
2.6.29-oer31..)

Regards,

001-buildin-MCS7830-usb-ethernet.diff (528 Bytes)

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And this is usually the point where people send a patch to the angstrom list...

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list...
You are right. I'll be sure to do that next time since Robert Nelson has
issued a patch to fix this.