epic100.c:v1.17 11/17/2002 release, and mailing list info

The update version of the Epic100 driver is
   epic100.c:v1.17 11/17/2002
The changes are summarized below.

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This is to announce the fall 2002 update to the PCI Ethernet driver set.

Almost every PCI Ethernet driver that I maintain has been updated to the
current interface described in pci-skeleton.c v2.12.

The updated drivers are available at
   ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/test/*
and will be moved into the release directory in approximately one week
   ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/*

The combined set is
   ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/test/netdrivers-3.tgz

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epic100.c:v1.17 11/17/2002

Added PCI bus:devfn to the detection message.

Added multicast_filter_limit to the module parameter set.

Updated to remaining 2.12 pci-skeleton recommendations.
  TX_TIMEOUT change from 2 to 6 seconds.
  Per-interface settings and SIOC{S,G}PARAMS settings for
   rx_copybreak, max_interrupt_work, multicast_filter_limit

Do eeprom dump with NETIF_MSG_MISC.

Track the Rx mode state to minimize register writes with rapid interface
state changes.

Set -DPWRDWN_AFTER_IOCTL if the chip should be returned to power down
mode after ioctl() calls.

Clean up harmless warnings with Hammer/__x86_64 include files.


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