Hardware

  Trying to use mOnOwall to bridge between an NT4 based microchannel system that uses an SKnet SK-5221 FDDI adapter into a DEC DEFPA-UB in an IBM Netvista 8364 (also called an n2800e).

IBM 9595  <-----------> n2800e   <-------------> WHR-G54S  <------------> WHR-G54S <----> Cable Modem
SK-5221       UTP      DEFPA to 82559    UTP           AP             WiFi         DHCP server     STP

After beating my head on the wall for a few days, I followed the instructions and successfully wrote mOnOwall generic-pc-1.33.img onto a 4GB CF drive. After some aggravation, I found that booting into workspace on demand is the way to go.  I can see fxp0, the planar ethernet (intel 82559 based). But the DEFPA-UB is not detected. Research shows it is not included in the kernel. Snap.

What will it take to get fpa(4)  compiled into the kernel?

 

http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/NIC/SK_Net_FDDI.html