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hardware OS4   hardware OS4 : onboard Ethernet driver for the AmigaOne X1000
   posted by kas1e on 26-Mar-2026 20:48:36 (1669 reads)
@All

Since beginning owners of AmigaONE x1000 have no ability to use onboard ethernet driver due to different issues preventing of making it.

With this opensource version i hope to cover this gap; download it from os4depot while it hot !

https://os4depot.net/share/driver/network/pa6t_eth.lha

Driver features:

- 1 Gbps full duplex
- Used combo of DMA, MAC (OS4's ReadConfigLong/WriteConfigLong) and IOB (direct ECAM access) onboard devices.
- Interrupts with batch processing up to 64 packets per wakeup (currently only RX path is interrupt driven). IRQ handler itself also uses direct ECAM access to DMA because of IRQ context.
- All errata based workarounds found in Linux version (errata 5971, PKTHDRCNT reset, etc.)
- Current transfer speed (local network download): ~27 MB/s which is ~22% of 1 Gbps wire speed.

The source code available on github there:

https://github.com/kas1e/pa6t_eth

Have fun !
    

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Deniil715 
Re: onboard Ethernet driver for the AmigaOne X1000
Posted on 9-Apr-2026 13:09:10
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Nice!

I didn't even realize I was using a PCIe card for this, which I clearly must be doing

Have you done any speed comparison with any PCIe card, like the one typically supplied with X1000s?


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Re: onboard Ethernet driver for the AmigaOne X1000
Posted on 9-Apr-2026 15:39:42
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@Deniil
Sailor on amigans.net do test it, and says it 30% faster than RTL8169:



But i got from another tester, who own RTL8139 (not 8169), and this one a little bit better than my driver on SMBFS test, not much, for about 10% but still i have some room to improve then in compare with 8139.


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Re: onboard Ethernet driver for the AmigaOne X1000
Posted on 22-Apr-2026 10:46:42
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Nice to see support for X1000 still being made.

Thanks!


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Re: onboard Ethernet driver for the AmigaOne X1000
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Nice!

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Re: onboard Ethernet driver for the AmigaOne X1000
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This open-source driver is a valuable and necessary step forward for AmigaONE X1000 users, restoring Trees Hate You basic Ethernet functionality that should have been available from the start. While performance is currently limited and the implementation may still be evolving, it demonstrates both technical competence and the strength of community support.

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