From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 9 12:42:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA15655 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:42:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from proxy4.ba.best.com (proxy4.ba.best.com [206.184.139.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA15649 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:42:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mns@pobox.com) Received: from markspad (dynamic61.pm03.san-jose.best.com [209.24.164.189]) by proxy4.ba.best.com (8.9.0/8.9.0/best.out) with SMTP id MAA08753; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808091940.MAA08753@proxy4.ba.best.com> X-Sender: mns@ (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 12:35:28 -0700 To: "David W. Alderman" , "Jan B. Koum " , richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk), Brooks Davis From: Mark Shepard Subject: ProConnect console switch [ was Re: Kbd/Mon/Mouse switch recomendations ] Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi. I found this thread in the freebsd mail archives and wanted to add some comments. I'm currently experimenting with console switches also, and ran into the same problems with the ProConnect -- with NT and FBSD boxes plugged into a switch, the NT box works fine but the FBSD box fails to detect a mouse on boot, yet works fine if the console switch is "inserted" after booting with a "real" mouse. FWIW, here's what's happening: the ProConnect appears to not implement the PS2 0xF5 disable command -- FreeBSD's psmprobe() routine at one point tries to enable (0xF4) and then disable the PS2 mouse, and the disable fails with an 0xFE (which indicates either a bad command or data transmission error -- but since FreeBSD seems to include code to retransmit, I assume the ProConnect just doesn't implement the disable command. Commenting out this test from psmprobe() seems to allow the mouse to be detected. I wouldn't be surprised if other OS's (NT) simply don't use the 0xF5 disable command, though it wouldn't have been that hard for ProConnect to implement it either (BTW, I haven't talked with Linksys's tech-support to verify whether or not they implement the F5 disable -- it could be the problem has some other subtler cause such as a data xmit error which is timing related.) Question: How's the video quality compare between the OmniView, Aten and ProConnect units? I'm looking for a 4-port switch which will handle 1600x1200 video with minimal degradation of video quality for ~$200 or less. Aside from this PS2 mouse quirk, the ProConnect's video seems pretty good -- perhaps a barely noticable ghosting, perhaps a very slight extra fuzzyness at 1600x1200, but really pretty good. Thanks. Mark file /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/psm.c (freebsd 2.2.7, sup'd a few days ago): /* rebuild kernel with "option PSM_DEBUG=2" to see verbose error msgs */ psmprobe() { ... #if 0 /* skip nitpicking test */ if (!enable_aux_dev(sc->kbdc) || !disable_aux_dev(sc->kbdc)) { /* MOUSE ERROR */ restore_controller(sc->kbdc, command_byte); if (verbose) printf("psm%d: failed to enable the aux device.\n", unit); endprobe(0); } #endif ... } --- Original Message --- Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse switches for use with my FreeBSD and NT systems. I just returned a LinkSys ProConnect 4 CPU switch yesterday because it seems to squash any attempts at serial or ps/2 PnP probing. FreeBSD 2.2.6 also seemed unable to detect the PS/2 mouse through it at boot. After that disaster I figured I'd see what people have had good luck with. I'm looking for a 4 port solution with PS/2 and AT keyboard support and at least PS/2 mouse (good serial support if possiable) support that works with PnP. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time, Brooks Davis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 9 14:16:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24617 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:16:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.albertsons.com (ns.albertsons.com [204.200.28.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA24611 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:16:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com) From: eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com Received: from S7352c.7000.albertsons.com by ns.albertsons.com (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA09170; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:57:04 -0600 Received: from xprimary.7000.albertsons.com by S7352c.7000.albertsons.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA103898; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:48:31 -0600 Received: by xprimary.7000.albertsons.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:58:01 -0600 Message-Id: <6003A12BBDC9D011A32D0001FA7E02210312805D@xprimary.7000.albertsons.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BocaBoard BB-2016 Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:58:00 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Has anyone had any experience with the BocaBoard 2016 16-port terminal server? I'd like to know how hard it is to get one running under FreeBSD. I found one in a computer store and they want $25 for it, and if it will work, I'll snatch it up. Thanks in advance --Eric "Push to test." "Release to detonate." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 9 17:44:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA18995 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:44:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net ([209.118.174.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA18983 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:44:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA19614; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 19:42:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 19:42:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@picnic.mat.net To: eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BocaBoard BB-2016 In-Reply-To: <6003A12BBDC9D011A32D0001FA7E02210312805D@xprimary.7000.albert sons.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 9 Aug 1998 eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with the BocaBoard 2016 16-port terminal > server? I'd like to know how hard it is to get one running under > FreeBSD. I found one in a computer store and they want $25 for it, and > if it will work, I'll snatch it up. I think it would be relatively easy to set up, and I envy you the deal. If you decide not to buy it, I'd gladly send you money to buy it for me. > > Thanks in advance > --Eric > > > "Push to test." > > "Release to detonate." > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 10 11:49:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15745 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:49:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mtiwmhc01.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc01.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15735 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:49:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from SAMIGWE@worldnet.att.net) Received: from myname.my.domain ([12.78.194.19]) by mtiwmhc01.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.03 118 118 102) with SMTP id <19980810184843.IUHQ27163@myname.my.domain> for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:48:43 +0000 Message-ID: <35CF40A7.4ED7EBA2@worldnet.att.net> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:49:11 +0000 From: samuel X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: unsubscribe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org unsubscribe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 10 14:34:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04204 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:34:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04197 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:34:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost.StevesCafe.com [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA17785 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:34:24 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808102134.PAA17785@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 From: Steve Passe To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: where to buy a Znyx ZX346 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:34:23 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, After looking thru the mail-lists I see many people having success with the zx346 quad ether card. None of my price-watch engines turn up either the name znyx or the part zx346. Can anyone recommend a place to get a good deal on this card? -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 10 15:52:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13077 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:52:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from clifford.inch.com (clifford.inch.com [207.240.140.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA13071 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:52:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from omar@clifford.inch.com) Received: (from omar@localhost) by clifford.inch.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA16158 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:44:54 -0400 Message-ID: <19980810184454.A16048@clifford.inch.com> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:44:54 -0400 From: Omar Thameen To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cpu/motherboard recommendations Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org After several years of success with ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 motherboards and Intel P133 processors, we're looking to upgrade our standard server build. The choices we've narrowed down to are an AMD K6-2 with a Super 7 motherboard (MVP3 chipset), or an Intel Pentium II with a motherboard having a 440BX chipset (probably an ASUS P2B-D since we've had good experiences with them). I'm getting conflicting information about the advantages of each. Some have said that the AMDs perform better because they have bigger caches (both level 1 and level 2), while others have said that Intel's PII cache may be smaller, but it's better quality. Does anyone have any opinions, experiences, or recommendations? Thanks, Omar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 10 16:41:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20578 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:41:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ryouko.nas.nasa.gov (ryouko.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.34.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20573 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:41:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@ryouko.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from ryouko.nas.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ryouko.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.7/NAS8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA19134; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:41:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808102341.QAA19134@ryouko.nas.nasa.gov> To: Omar Thameen cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cpu/motherboard recommendations In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:44:54 EDT." <19980810184454.A16048@clifford.inch.com> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:41:17 -0700 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The choices we've narrowed down to are an AMD K6-2 with a Super 7 > motherboard (MVP3 chipset), or an Intel Pentium II with a motherboard > having a 440BX chipset (probably an ASUS P2B-D since we've had good > experiences with them). > > I'm getting conflicting information about the advantages of each. > Some have said that the AMDs perform better because they have > bigger caches (both level 1 and level 2), while others have said > that Intel's PII cache may be smaller, but it's better quality. I always recommend non-Intel (my personal bias). However, the AMD K6-2 currently has a 300Mhz, 3x 100Mhz bus version while the PII has a 400Mhz 4x 100Mhz bus version. Visit www.alternativecpu.com for some good information on the non Intel CPUs. The AMD K6-2 option will be a cheaper for the 100Mhz bus speed (the important thing for a server; good I/O..). Keep in mind that the only PII with 100Mhz bus speed is the expensive 400Mhz option. I'm sure there are people who will recommend Intel (note that I didn't get discuss the cache issues as I don't know them off the top of my head). Personally I have great experiences with my Cyrix 6x86MX here but I wouldn't recommend that for a server as it only does 75 & 83Mhz bus speeds. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 10 18:48:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10385 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from priscilla.mu.org (priscilla.mu.org [206.156.231.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA10380 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:48:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@priscilla.mu.org) Received: (from paul@localhost) by priscilla.mu.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05765; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:46:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from paul) Message-ID: <19980810204655.A5761@mu.org> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:46:55 -0500 From: Paul Saab To: Steve Passe , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where to buy a Znyx ZX346 References: <199808102134.PAA17785@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <199808102134.PAA17785@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>; from Steve Passe on Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 03:34:23PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org from znyx themselves. paul Steve Passe (smp@csn.net) wrote: > Hi, > > After looking thru the mail-lists I see many people having success > with the zx346 quad ether card. None of my price-watch engines > turn up either the name znyx or the part zx346. Can anyone recommend > a place to get a good deal on this card? > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 10 21:41:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA04915 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:41:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iworks.interworks.org (iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA04910 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:41:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from deischen@iworks.interworks.org) Received: (from deischen@localhost) by iworks.interworks.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA20813; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:45:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:45:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" Message-Id: <199808110445.XAA20813@iworks.interworks.org> To: smp@csn.net Subject: Re: where to buy a Znyx ZX346 Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, paul@mu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > from znyx themselves. > > paul Yes, that's where we got our ZX346. They were even nice enough to give us an evaluation board while we waited over a month for the purchase order to go through the chain. > Steve Passe (smp@csn.net) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > After looking thru the mail-lists I see many people having success > > with the zx346 quad ether card. None of my price-watch engines > > turn up either the name znyx or the part zx346. Can anyone recommend > > a place to get a good deal on this card? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 11 01:00:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA24178 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:00:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stingray.ivision.co.uk (stingray.ivision.co.uk [195.50.91.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA24168 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:00:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from manar@ivision.co.uk) Received: from pretender.ivision.co.uk [195.50.91.43] by stingray.ivision.co.uk with smtp (Exim 1.62 #2) id 0z69Lt-0007Jo-01; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:00:17 +0100 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980811090012.00a68290@stingray.ivision.co.uk> X-Sender: manarpop@stingray.ivision.co.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:00:12 +0100 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Manar Hussain Subject: Re: where to buy a Znyx ZX346 In-Reply-To: <19980810204655.A5761@mu.org> References: <199808102134.PAA17785@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> <199808102134.PAA17785@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 20:46 10/08/98 -0500, Paul Saab wrote: >from znyx themselves. Which is a shame since my email from a week ago still hasn't ben replied to :( I was askign about whether or not it was possible to get it from within the UK or if I needed to order it from the US. Manar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 11 01:11:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA25753 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:11:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stingray.ivision.co.uk (stingray.ivision.co.uk [195.50.91.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA25744 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:11:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from manar@ivision.co.uk) Received: from pretender.ivision.co.uk [195.50.91.43] by stingray.ivision.co.uk with smtp (Exim 1.62 #2) id 0z69W0-0007QT-00; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:10:45 +0100 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980811091039.0084b5b0@stingray.ivision.co.uk> X-Sender: manarpop@stingray.ivision.co.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:10:39 +0100 To: "Gregory P. Smith" From: Manar Hussain Subject: Re: cpu/motherboard recommendations Cc: Omar Thameen , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808102341.QAA19134@ryouko.nas.nasa.gov> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >I always recommend non-Intel (my personal bias). Tha's pretty much where we tend to sit too :) >The AMD K6-2 option will be a cheaper for the 100Mhz bus speed (the >important thing for a server; good I/O..). Keep in mind that the only >PII with 100Mhz bus speed is the expensive 400Mhz option. I'm sure If you're mainly after a 100Mhz bus with a decent CPU then the AMD will probably win as it's much cheaper than a PII solution so I'd agree there - but you don't need to get a 400Mhz PII to get a 100Mhz bus, you can get it with a 350Mhz PII. If CPU performance is very important and worth a fair premium then go for 400 Mhz PII. One of the things I like about the AMDs is that I get a wider choice of motherboards. For example - it wounds like this is the kind of machine that you plan to put a lot of RAM into - you thus need to make sure that the second level cache covers all this RAM. If I were in the US I'd be very tempted by the AMD K6-2 with the California Graphics Photon 100 HC motherboard which has a 2Mb second level cache option that will let it cache pretty much up to 1/2 Gb of RAM (see http://www.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/california_graphics/photon100h c-1mb-atx.html) - alas these are difficult to get in the UK at the moment :( There are AMDs with better on-chip cache options due out relatively soon. Manar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 08:00:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07515 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:00:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA07481 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:00:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA11516 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:59:57 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <35D1ADED.C6A3C211@tdx.co.uk> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:59:57 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DPT Support Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, We're looking at getting a DPT RAID controller, I've looked round some of the FreeBSD website - but the supported hardware page doesn't seem to have been updated for a while :-( Does anyone know if a DPT 2044UWR PCI to UltraWide controller is supported by 2.2.7-RELEASE? Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 09:53:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA24262 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:53:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from casimir.easynet.fr (casimir.easynet.fr [195.114.64.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA24238 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:53:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rama@casimir.easynet.fr) Received: (from rama@localhost) by casimir.easynet.fr (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15080; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:52:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rama) Message-ID: <19980812185218.A15070@easynet.fr> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:52:18 +0200 From: David Ramahefason To: Karl Pielorz , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT Support Reply-To: David Ramahefason References: <35D1ADED.C6A3C211@tdx.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.92.8 In-Reply-To: <35D1ADED.C6A3C211@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 03:59:57PM +0100 Organization: Systems Team Easynet France SA X-Operating-System: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 03:59:57PM +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Hi, Hi We use here a 3334UW and it works fine, so I think that the 2044 should also be well supported... Simon ? :) > > We're looking at getting a DPT RAID controller, I've looked round some of the > FreeBSD website - but the supported hardware page doesn't seem to have been > updated for a while :-( > > Does anyone know if a DPT 2044UWR PCI to UltraWide controller is supported by > 2.2.7-RELEASE? > > > Regards, > > Karl > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message ---end quoted text--- -- /David Ramahefason Administrateur Systeme/Reseau/ /rama@easynet.fr Easynet France SA / /0144547031 ICQ: 14292822 / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 11:43:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA17504 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:43:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www1.asacomputers.com ([204.153.176.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17480 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:43:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Received: from kedar.asacomputers.com (alan.asacomputers.com [204.153.176.86]) by www1.asacomputers.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA10014; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:48:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19980812183805.01704a8c@gw1> X-Sender: rajadnya@gw1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:38:05 -0700 To: Karl Pielorz From: Kedar Rajadnya Subject: Re: DPT Support Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yes. As is the 2144UWR. Kedar. At 03:59 PM 8/12/98 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >We're looking at getting a DPT RAID controller, I've looked round some of the >FreeBSD website - but the supported hardware page doesn't seem to have been >updated for a while :-( > >Does anyone know if a DPT 2044UWR PCI to UltraWide controller is supported by >2.2.7-RELEASE? > > >Regards, > >Karl > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 12:08:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA21838 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:08:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www0b.netaddress.usa.net (www0b.netaddress.usa.net [204.68.24.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA21793 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:08:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netsecur@netscape.net) Received: (qmail 23283 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Aug 1998 19:07:50 -0000 Message-ID: <19980812190750.23282.qmail@www0b.netaddress.usa.net> Received: from 193.252.202.160 by webmail.netscape.com via web-mailer(3.1) on Wed Aug 12 19:07:50 GMT 1998 Date: 12 Aug 98 21:07:50 MET DST From: rien rien To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 2 network cards !! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi i have a probleme regarding the installation of 2 network card on bsd 2.2.6. the first is a 3com isa card, install since a very long time and work very fine. the second is the same ! but bsd don t recognize it !! when i run -c on boot: , i cant enable the second card, bsd run, but i can t access to any card, even the first. how can i enable the 2nd card to access to another networks ? thanks nico ____________________________________________________________________ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 13:01:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA00397 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:01:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell6.ba.best.com (shell6.ba.best.com [206.184.139.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00375 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:01:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkb@best.com) Received: from localhost (jkb@localhost) by shell6.ba.best.com (8.9.0/8.9.0/best.sh) with SMTP id NAA25933; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:01:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: shell6.ba.best.com: jkb owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:01:05 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " X-Sender: jkb@shell6.ba.best.com To: rien rien cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 network cards !! In-Reply-To: <19980812190750.23282.qmail@www0b.netaddress.usa.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 12 Aug 1998, rien rien wrote: >hi > >i have a probleme regarding the installation of 2 network card on bsd 2.2.6. > >the first is a 3com isa card, install since a very long time and work very >fine. the second is the same ! but bsd don t recognize it !! > >when i run -c on boot: , i cant enable the second card, bsd run, but i can t >access to any card, even the first. > >how can i enable the 2nd card to access to another networks ? > Isn't 3com card an ep0 one? If so, make sure that your kernel has both ep0 and ep1 compiled in. If it is somethign else (blah0) make sure blah1 then is also present. :) -- Yan >thanks > >nico > >____________________________________________________________________ >More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 14:08:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11287 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:08:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from thought.calbbs.com (thought.calbbs.com [207.71.213.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11267 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:07:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@wasteland.calbbs.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.calbbs.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00652 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:07:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:07:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" X-Sender: brian@thought.calbbs.com To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Philips CDD3610 CD-RW drive Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I just purchased a Philips CDD3610 CD-R/CD-RW (ATAPI) drive, and want to write the necessary FreeBSD drivers and utilities to use its recording and rewriting capabilities. I've never written a driver under FreeBSD before, so I'm not quite sure where to start, other than looking at the existing wcd and worm code for ideas. I did manage to find the command specification for the drive on Philips' web site. Any tips (other than "do your debugging with the LASER *OFF*" ;) and pointers to resources would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Brian Buchanan brian@smarter.than.nu Never believe that you know the whole story. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 14:16:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA12708 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:16:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA12702 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:16:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA00441; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808122114.OAA00441@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Brian W. Buchanan" cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Philips CDD3610 CD-RW drive In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:07:19 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:14:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I just purchased a Philips CDD3610 CD-R/CD-RW (ATAPI) drive, and want to > write the necessary FreeBSD drivers and utilities to use its recording and > rewriting capabilities. I've never written a driver under FreeBSD before, > so I'm not quite sure where to start, other than looking at the existing > wcd and worm code for ideas. I did manage to find the command > specification for the drive on Philips' web site. Any tips (other than > "do your debugging with the LASER *OFF*" ;) and pointers to resources > would be appreciated. Soren (sos@freebsd.org) has a driver for these devices under development. You might want to talk to him about it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 18:53:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA19609 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:53:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.albertsons.com (ns.albertsons.com [204.200.28.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA19604 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:53:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com) From: eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com Received: from S7352c.7000.albertsons.com by ns.albertsons.com (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA07396; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:52:51 -0600 Received: from xprimary.7000.albertsons.com by S7352c.7000.albertsons.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA73516; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:44:18 -0600 Received: by xprimary.7000.albertsons.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:53:41 -0600 Message-Id: <6003A12BBDC9D011A32D0001FA7E022103128076@xprimary.7000.albertsons.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: de0: autosense failed: Cable problem? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:53:36 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I got this in my logs the other day Aug 4 09:06:00 Mortis /kernel: de0: autosense failed: cable problem? Is this a hardware problem? If so, could it be causing the machine to spontaneously reboot? Thanks "Push to test." "Release to detonate." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 12 20:04:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA27596 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:04:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from granite.sentex.net (granite.sentex.ca [199.212.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA27591 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:04:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from ospf-mdt.sentex.net (ospf-mdt.sentex.net [205.211.164.81]) by granite.sentex.net (8.8.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA15224; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 23:04:12 -0400 (EDT) From: mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa) To: eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0: autosense failed: Cable problem? Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 03:01:56 GMT Message-ID: <35d256d6.102627220@mail.sentex.net> References: <6003A12BBDC9D011A32D0001FA7E022103128076@xprimary.7000.albertsons.com> In-Reply-To: <6003A12BBDC9D011A32D0001FA7E022103128076@xprimary.7000.albertsons.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:53:36 -0600, in sentex.lists.freebsd.misc you wrote: >I got this in my logs the other day > >Aug 4 09:06:00 Mortis /kernel: de0: autosense failed: cable problem? If the hub that the box is connected to looses power, you will get this message. >Is this a hardware problem? If so, could it be causing the machine to >spontaneously reboot? Not necessarily, but its possible. Is everything on a UPS ? ---Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 00:05:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA19753 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:05:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mati.ru (mati3-gw.GLAS.net [194.154.74.72] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA19740 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:05:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@mati.ru) Received: from mati.ru (radio.mati1.ru [195.218.164.131]) by ns.mati.ru (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA04675 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:03:56 +0400 (MSD) Message-ID: <35D28FCA.8AFC1191@mati.ru> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:03:39 +0400 From: "Alex S. Burba" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: intel Ether Express 110 Pro Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Is Intel Ether Express 110 Pro supported in FreeBSD 2.2.X or in 3.0, or does someones know where to get a driver for this card. Alex. Thanks for reading this. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 03:07:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA03606 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 03:07:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA03601 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 03:07:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA10878 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:06:32 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <35D2BAA8.19C7F316@tdx.co.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:06:32 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Adaptec 1542's - Multiple boards? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, Just a quick question - is it possible (or is anybody on this list) running more than 1 AHA-1542 in their machine under FreeBSD? I know the card can at best be described as 'legacy' hardware ;-) Regards, Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 04:01:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA09353 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:01:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA09340 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:01:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA08584; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:01:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808131101.EAA08584@implode.root.com> To: "Alex S. Burba" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: intel Ether Express 110 Pro In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:03:39 +0400." <35D28FCA.8AFC1191@mati.ru> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:01:16 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Is Intel Ether Express 110 Pro supported in FreeBSD 2.2.X or in 3.0, or >does someones know where to get a driver for this card. I haven't heard of it. Is it ISA or PCI? What chips are on it? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 06:41:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA29198 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 06:41:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from plains.NoDak.edu (plains.NoDak.edu [134.129.111.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA29193 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 06:41:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu) Received: (from tinguely@localhost) by plains.NoDak.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02683; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:41:24 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:41:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Tinguely Message-Id: <199808131341.IAA02683@plains.NoDak.edu> To: brian@wasteland.calbbs.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Philips CDD3610 CD-RW drive Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org install the package cdrecord from the ports/sysutils/cdrecord directory. it says that drive should work with the package. you will have to add the worm option into your kernel also. --mark. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 07:31:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05036 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:31:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from plains.NoDak.edu (plains.NoDak.edu [134.129.111.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05030 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:31:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu) Received: (from tinguely@localhost) by plains.NoDak.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16173; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:31:04 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:31:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Tinguely Message-Id: <199808131431.JAA16173@plains.NoDak.edu> To: brian@wasteland.calbbs.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu Subject: Re: Philips CDD3610 CD-RW drive Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org oops, I am sorry. I was thinking of ther SCSI version of the card. --mark. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 09:36:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA22793 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:36:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles250.castles.com [208.214.165.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA22783 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:36:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA00496; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808131635.JAA00496@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Karl Pielorz cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542's - Multiple boards? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:06:32 BST." <35D2BAA8.19C7F316@tdx.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:35:02 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hi, > > Just a quick question - is it possible (or is anybody on this list) running more > than 1 AHA-1542 in their machine under FreeBSD? > > I know the card can at best be described as 'legacy' hardware ;-) Should be no problem, as long as you can get resources for it, and you're willing to live with the bandwidth limitations. We do have a couple on the shelves here at FTL, and we do test with them before releases. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 12:00:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18572 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:00:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www1.asacomputers.com ([204.153.176.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18523 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Received: from kedar.asacomputers.com (alan.asacomputers.com [204.153.176.86]) by www1.asacomputers.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA20311 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:06:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19980813185558.0171f69c@gw1> X-Sender: rajadnya@gw1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 1 (Highest) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:55:58 -0700 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Kedar Rajadnya Subject: Symbios 876? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, Has anybody used the dual-channel 876 chip from Symbios with 2.2.6/7? TIA, Kedar. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 17:18:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15797 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:18:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15717 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA02821; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:47:15 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA03746; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:47:15 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980814094715.B1921@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:47:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Karl Pielorz , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542's - Multiple boards? References: <35D2BAA8.19C7F316@tdx.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35D2BAA8.19C7F316@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 11:06:32AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thursday, 13 August 1998 at 11:06:32 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Hi, > > Just a quick question - is it possible (or is anybody on this list) running more > than 1 AHA-1542 in their machine under FreeBSD? Not currently, but I have done. I've also mixed a 1542A and a 1542B. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 18:14:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA23063 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:14:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from musca.digicon-brs.com.au (musca.digicon-brs.com.au [140.253.221.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA23050 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:13:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Steve_Hearn@digicon-brs.com.au) Received: from brisbane.digicon-brs.com.au (brisbane.digicon-brs.com.au [140.253.221.31]) by musca.digicon-brs.com.au (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id LAA02059 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:11:31 +1000 (EST) Received: by brisbane.digicon-brs.com.au(Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) id CA25665F.0083AFD8 ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:58:22 +1100 X-Lotus-FromDomain: VES From: "Steve Hearn" To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:58:18 +1100 Subject: Re: Freebsd on Portables Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Could someone comment / point me at literature on: 1. General 'brand recommendations' for Portable to run freebsd. 2. Also, specifically, whats the best option for getting network connection on a freebsd notebook. Thanks Steve Hearn Exploration Geophysics Laboratory University of Queensland steveh@digicon-brs.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 13 21:33:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA17600 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:33:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (atlantis.nconnect.net [207.227.50.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA17587 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:33:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sdqualheim@students.wisc.edu) Received: from students.wisc.edu (birddog-mke-x2-52.nconnect.net [207.227.61.52]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA13997 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:32:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35D3BE51.8F8E4632@students.wisc.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:34:26 -0500 From: Shaun Qualheim X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: make world; now system doesn't boot (mount_ not found) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well, here goes: I cvsup'd the latest current source. Compiled it all. It said that it had completed successfully. I then rebooted. I got the following message: mount: exec mount_ not found in /sbin, /usr/sbin and filesystem mount failed. and I get the hit return for /bin/sh shell prompt and then a read-only environment in which the / slice is the only thing mounted. any ideas on what I can do to remedy this problem? Thanks! Shaun Qualheim kb8rjy@arbornet.org or sdqualheim@students.wisc.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 14 06:59:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA29455 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 06:59:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from m-net.arbornet.org (m-net.arbornet.org [209.142.209.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA29450 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 06:59:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kb8rjy@m-net.arbornet.org) Received: from localhost (kb8rjy@localhost) by m-net.arbornet.org (8.8.5/8.8.6) with SMTP id JAA11054; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:23:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:23:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Shaun Q." To: Shaun Qualheim cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world; now system doesn't boot (mount_ not found) In-Reply-To: <35D3BE51.8F8E4632@students.wisc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ok, it works now. I used a fixit cdrom to remake the kernel. thanks shaun On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Shaun Qualheim wrote: > Well, here goes: > > I cvsup'd the latest current source. Compiled it all. It said that it > had completed successfully. I then rebooted. I got the following > message: > mount: exec mount_ not found in /sbin, /usr/sbin > and > filesystem mount failed. > > and I get the hit return for /bin/sh shell prompt and then a read-only > environment in which the / slice is the only thing mounted. > > any ideas on what I can do to remedy this problem? > > Thanks! > > Shaun Qualheim > kb8rjy@arbornet.org or sdqualheim@students.wisc.edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 14 08:46:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA13956 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from carbon.laserlab.com ([199.106.183.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA13931 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:45:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gregb@carbon.laserlab.com) Received: (from gregb@localhost) by carbon.laserlab.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id IAA13729 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:45:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Gregory Benjamin Message-Id: <199808141545.IAA13729@carbon.laserlab.com> Subject: Linksys "Ether 16 10 Base T" NIC OK? To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:45:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm wondering if the Linksys "Ether16 10 Base T Lan Card", model # LNE2000T (ISA, RJ-45 connector only) works with FreeBSD 2.2.6. This is going in a 486 DX2-66 machine. If so, what, if anything, do I need to do to configure it? TIA o------------------------------------------------------------------------o | Gregory Benjamin Laserlab, Inc. o Laser photoplotting | | gregb@laserlab.com 6790 Top Gun Street o CNC machining | | Suite 9 o Chemical milling | | San Diego, CA 92121 o Printed Circuit Fabrication | | www.laserlab.com Tel: 619-646-7660 o Precision photomasks | | ftp.laserlab.com Fax: 619-646-7667 o AutoCAD to Gerber conversion | o------------------------------------------------------------------------o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 14 18:09:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA28317 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:09:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclops.xtra.co.nz (cyclops.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA28312 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:09:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by cyclops.xtra.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA27823 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:08:47 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199808150108.NAA27823@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:08:48 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: large drives, old BIOS, IDE Controllers Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've been talking to my computer store (which doesn't know much about Unix) and searching the mail archives. I think I've found my solution. The "problem" is my machine is a 486/dx2 something. I'm installed a 5G drive. The shop figured I might not be able to use this drive as the BIOS won't handle more than the first 512M of the drive. Yet, what I've just read in the mail archives is that FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS. If so, my job is easy. At present, the machine has a CD-ROM and a 330M drive. Both are IDE and are running off the I/O board. I'm about to add a 5G drive. Problem: there's only 1 IDE connecter on my i/o board and none on the mother board. And I can't buy an i/board with two IDE connecters. None are available to be had. Any suggestions? I was planning to do this install this weekend. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 14 18:35:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA01059 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:35:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA01054 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:35:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA02264; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:33:52 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808141833.SAA02264@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large drives, old BIOS, IDE Controllers In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:08:48 +1200." <199808150108.NAA27823@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:33:52 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I've been talking to my computer store (which doesn't know much about > Unix) and searching the mail archives. I think I've found my solution. > > The "problem" is my machine is a 486/dx2 something. I'm installed a 5G > drive. The shop figured I might not be able to use this drive as the BIOS > won't handle more than the first 512M of the drive. Yet, what I've just > read in the mail archives is that FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS. If so, my > job is easy. It needs the BIOS to boot. As long as you can get at the FreeBSD root filesystem, you'll be OK. > At present, the machine has a CD-ROM and a 330M drive. Both are IDE and > are running off the I/O board. I'm about to add a 5G drive. Problem: > there's only 1 IDE connecter on my i/o board and none on the mother board. > And I can't buy an i/board with two IDE connecters. None are available > to be had. You'll have to find one. Try a secondhand (junk) store; there are lots of them still around. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 15 01:53:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA06064 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:53:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA06055 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:53:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA16792; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 09:52:53 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <35D54B31.DB594CB0@tdx.co.uk> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 09:47:45 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: junkmale@xtra.co.nz, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large drives, old BIOS, IDE Controllers References: <199808141833.SAA02264@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Smith wrote: > > > The "problem" is my machine is a 486/dx2 something. I'm installed a 5G > > drive. The shop figured I might not be able to use this drive as the BIOS > > won't handle more than the first 512M of the drive. Yet, what I've just > > read in the mail archives is that FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS. If so, my > > job is easy. > > It needs the BIOS to boot. As long as you can get at the FreeBSD root > filesystem, you'll be OK. > > > At present, the machine has a CD-ROM and a 330M drive. Both are IDE and > > are running off the I/O board. I'm about to add a 5G drive. Problem: > > there's only 1 IDE connecter on my i/o board and none on the mother board. > > And I can't buy an i/board with two IDE connecters. None are available > > to be had. > > You'll have to find one. Try a secondhand (junk) store; there are lots > of them still around. Hi, We've seen a problem with a very old machine before, and a large drive. Apparently it had something to do with the number of bits the IDE controller supported (I seem to remember it only supported 22 bits, rather than 24 bits - this was a while ago!) - after some checking this turned out to be a hardware problem, and we couldn't use the onboard controller... Having said that we did buy a plug in controller and get that working - Maybe the extra controller will be the best bet... If you get really stuck (and don't mind paying carriage) let me know, as I've got some ISA / VESA-VL ones round here somewhere ;-) Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 15 10:07:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13805 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 10:07:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from paert.tse-online.de (paert.tse-online.de [194.97.69.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13800 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 10:07:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ab@paert.tse-online.de) Received: (from ab@localhost) by paert.tse-online.de (8.8.8/8.8.5) id TAA00338; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:08:10 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980815190809.A321@paert.tse-online.de> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:08:09 +0200 From: Andreas Braukmann To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Symbios 876? Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG References: <2.2.32.19980813185558.0171f69c@gw1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19980813185558.0171f69c@gw1>; from Kedar Rajadnya on Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 11:55:58AM -0700 Organization: TSE TeleService GmbH Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 11:55:58AM -0700, Kedar Rajadnya wrote: > Has anybody used the dual-channel 876 chip from Symbios with 2.2.6/7? yes. It's located on a Symbios Logic 22801 host-adapter. Currently we're using three of them in two SMP-boxes running -current and one uni-processor box running 2.2-stable. No problems with FreeBSD; as far as I now the 876 just implements two 875s on one chip. And as such they're probed: >> ncr0: rev 0x14 int a irq 17 on pci0.9.0 >> ncr0: waiting for scsi devices to settle >> scbus0 at ncr0 bus 0 [...] >> ncr1: rev 0x14 int b irq 10 on pci0.9.1 >> ncr1: waiting for scsi devices to settle >> scbus1 at ncr1 bus 0 One of the current boxes has to run Win NT 4.0 from time to time, ... and guess what? ... NT doen't recognize the second channel, despite of the freshest driver from Symbios Logic's support-site. (BTW, ... Win95 (urrrgh, an SMP scsi-dual-channel system under '95 ) used the second channel without a hitch ...) Bye, Andreas -- /// TSE TeleService GmbH | Gsf: Arne Reuter | /// Hovestrasse 14 | Andreas Braukmann | We do it with /// D-48351 Everswinkel | HRB: 1430, AG WAF | FreeBSD/SMP /// ------------------------------------------------------------------- /// PGP-Key: http://www.tse-online.de/~ab/public-key /// Key fingerprint: 12 13 EF BC 22 DD F4 B6 3C 25 C9 06 DC D3 45 9B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 15 14:56:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18612 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 14:56:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dirty.research.bell-labs.com (dirty.research.bell-labs.com [204.178.16.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA18591; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 14:56:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from woo@dnrc.bell-labs.com) Received: from boole.dnrc.bell-labs.com ([135.180.161.25]) by dirty; Sat Aug 15 17:54:00 EDT 1998 Received: from fook.dnrc.bell-labs.com (fook.dnrc.bell-labs.com [135.180.161.41]) by boole.dnrc.bell-labs.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA06661; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:54:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from woo@localhost) by fook.dnrc.bell-labs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA16344; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:53:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199808152153.RAA16344@fook.dnrc.bell-labs.com> From: "Thomas Y.C. Woo" Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:53:23 -0400 X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Problem with 16G IBM DTTA 351680 EIDE drive Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I was trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 onto my Dell R400 with a 16G IBM DTTA 351680 drive. Before the install, I successully partitioned the drive into 3 partitions as follows using Partition Magic: Partition 1: FAT about 2G Partition 2: NTFS about 6G Partition 3: unused about 8G In addition, Partition Magic indicates that the geometry of the drive is 2055 cyls, 255 hds, 63 sects. During FreeBSD bootup, it correctly identified the drive, but incorrectly reported that there is 16383 cyls, 16 hds, 63 sects, 512 b/s, and a total of 8063MB in 16514064 sectors. Then in the fdisk stage of install, it showed that there is 1027 cyls, 255 hds, and 63 sects, which is also wrong. In addition, it failed to see partition 3 altogether and did not recognize partition to be NTFS. I am wondering if anybody has gotten FreeBSD to see the whole drive and properly install FreeBSD onto the system. Thanks, Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 15 17:05:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA06450 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:05:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mindcrime.termfrost.org (mindcrime.termfrost.org [208.141.2.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA06431 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:05:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mandrews@termfrost.org) Received: from localhost (mandrews@localhost) by mindcrime.termfrost.org (8.9.1/8.9.1/mindcrime-19980706) with SMTP id UAA05658 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:04:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mandrews@termfrost.org) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:04:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Andrews To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DEC Tulip sluggishness on a 486 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Here's a weird one... I've been using an old 386SX for a few years to route my home network, using two SMC Ultras and a full-length Wavelan with no problems. Today I decided to add 100baseTX to the mix, so I pulled out an old 486 PCI board (SiS 85c496 + 85c497 chipset), pulled all the guts out of the 386SX, added a DEC Tulip 21140-AB card and fired it up. I'm getting really *horrible* performance out of this. Pinging between machines on the same segment sometimes gives over 1000 ms ping times, 30% packet loss, and sometimes doesn't talk at all -- ifconfig shows the OACTIVE flag set, and it usually takes a few tries of "ifconfig de0 down; ifconfig de0 up" to wake it up. Sometimes plugging/unplugging the cable helps too. The two other machines on this segment can talk to each other fine -- they're both P200MMX's, Triton 2 motherboards (Asus P55T2P4), one with the same version of FreeBSD and one with Windows 98. File transfers, flood pings, etc are fine between those two. Cables have been swapped. The other two machines also have Tulip cards (21140-AB in the FreeBSD box, 21140-AF in the Win98 box). I did some searches and came up with nothing specific, but a few bits and pieces... which are leading me to believe that it's some sort of interaction with the SiS chipset on the 486 board and the Tulip driver -- the source to the Linux Tulip driver has a special case for 486 boards. Also the first rev of the SiS 85c496 chipset were said to have cache-related problems (I've tried disabling L1 and L2 cache; didn't help). So... Is there anything I can tweak (i.e. adding kernel options, BIOS settings, or whatever)... short of using another motherboard, or (more likely) just getting an Intel Etherexpress? Also... an even weirder problem: I have another 486 board I would try, except with both PCI and VLB slots and a UMC 8881F/8886F chipset. When I plug the WaveLAN into it, the RAM and floppy tests fail, and FreeBSD panics as soon as init comes up. Remove the WaveLAN and the machine boots fine. I may try running this board with the Tulip and without the WaveLAN and see if the Tulip is still unhappy... just for grins. But the WaveLAN problem with it puzzles me. Full dmesg of the SiS 486 follows: FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Sun Jul 26 00:22:33 EDT 1998 mandrews@mindcrime.termfrost.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/ESCAPE CPU: AMD Enhanced Am486DX4 Write-Back (486-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x494 Stepping=4 Features=0x1 real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) avail memory = 31154176 (30424K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0 rev 49 on pci0:5:0 de0 rev 18 int a irq 9 on pci0:11:0 de0: 21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.2 de0: address 00:40:f6:84:00:8d vga0 rev 20 int a irq 12 on pci0:13:0 Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <2 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 5 maddr 0xd8000 msize 16384 on isa ed0: address 00:00:c0:74:ab:9f, type SMC8216T (16 bit) ed1 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 maddr 0xd0000 msize 16384 on isa ed1: address 00:00:c0:71:ab:9f, type SMC8216T (16 bit) sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port lp0: TCP/IP capable interface fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): wd0: 114MB (235440 sectors), 981 cyls, 6 heads, 40 S/T, 512 B/S wl0 at 0x390-0x39f irq 11 on isa wl0: address 08:00:0e:21:14:ba, NWID 0x1000 npx0 flags 0x1 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface IP packet filtering initialized, divert disabled, default to accept, unlimited logging de0: enabling 100baseTX port wd0: interrupt timeout: wd0: status 50 error 0 de0: link down: cable problem? de0: abnormal interrupt: transmit underflow (raising TX threshold to 96|256) de0: abnormal interrupt: transmit underflow (raising TX threshold to 8|512) de0: abnormal interrupt: transmit underflow (raising TX threshold to 1024) (I'm assuming the wd0 error is due to the fact that the drive is *very* ancient... although it didn't give that error on the 386...) Mike Andrews (MA12) icq 6602506 -------------- mandrews@dcr.net Senior Systems/Network Administrator --- mandrews@termfrost.org Digital Crescent, Frankfort, KY ----- http://www.termfrost.org/ "If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 15 20:58:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA26725 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:58:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from quark.ChrisBowman.com (crbowman.erols.com [209.122.47.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26720 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:58:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Received: from fermion (fermion [10.0.1.2]) by quark.ChrisBowman.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA08701; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:03:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Message-Id: <199808160503.AAA08701@quark.ChrisBowman.com> X-Sender: crb@quark.ChrisBowman.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:55:46 -0400 To: Mike Andrews From: "Christopher R. Bowman" Subject: Re: DEC Tulip sluggishness on a 486 Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:04 PM 8/15/98 , Mike Andrews wrote: >Here's a weird one... > >I've been using an old 386SX for a few years to route my home network, >using two SMC Ultras and a full-length Wavelan with no problems. Today I >decided to add 100baseTX to the mix, so I pulled out an old 486 PCI board >(SiS 85c496 + 85c497 chipset), pulled all the guts out of the 386SX, added >a DEC Tulip 21140-AB card and fired it up. > >I'm getting really *horrible* performance out of this. Pinging between >machines on the same segment sometimes gives over 1000 ms ping times, 30% >packet loss, and sometimes doesn't talk at all -- ifconfig shows the >OACTIVE flag set, and it usually takes a few tries of "ifconfig de0 down; >ifconfig de0 up" to wake it up. Sometimes plugging/unplugging the cable >helps too. > >The two other machines on this segment can talk to each other fine -- >they're both P200MMX's, Triton 2 motherboards (Asus P55T2P4), one with the >same version of FreeBSD and one with Windows 98. File transfers, flood >pings, etc are fine between those two. Cables have been swapped. The >other two machines also have Tulip cards (21140-AB in the FreeBSD box, >21140-AF in the Win98 box). > >I did some searches and came up with nothing specific, but a few bits and >pieces... which are leading me to believe that it's some sort of >interaction with the SiS chipset on the 486 board and the Tulip driver -- >the source to the Linux Tulip driver has a special case for 486 boards. >Also the first rev of the SiS 85c496 chipset were said to have >cache-related problems (I've tried disabling L1 and L2 cache; didn't >help). > >So... > >Is there anything I can tweak (i.e. adding kernel options, BIOS settings, >or whatever)... short of using another motherboard, or (more likely) just >getting an Intel Etherexpress? > >Also... an even weirder problem: > >I have another 486 board I would try, except with both PCI and VLB slots >and a UMC 8881F/8886F chipset. When I plug the WaveLAN into it, the RAM >and floppy tests fail, and FreeBSD panics as soon as init comes up. Remove >the WaveLAN and the machine boots fine. I may try running this board with >the Tulip and without the WaveLAN and see if the Tulip is still unhappy... >just for grins. But the WaveLAN problem with it puzzles me. > > >Full dmesg of the SiS 486 follows: > > >FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Sun Jul 26 00:22:33 EDT 1998 > mandrews@mindcrime.termfrost.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/ESCAPE >CPU: AMD Enhanced Am486DX4 Write-Back (486-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x494 Stepping=4 > Features=0x1 >real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) >avail memory = 31154176 (30424K bytes) >Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: >chip0 rev 49 on pci0:5:0 >de0 rev 18 int a irq 9 on pci0:11:0 >de0: 21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.2 >de0: address 00:40:f6:84:00:8d >vga0 rev 20 int a irq 12 on pci0:13:0 >Probing for devices on the ISA bus: >sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard >sc0: VGA color <2 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> >ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 5 maddr 0xd8000 msize 16384 on isa >ed0: address 00:00:c0:74:ab:9f, type SMC8216T (16 bit) >ed1 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 maddr 0xd0000 msize 16384 on isa >ed1: address 00:00:c0:71:ab:9f, type SMC8216T (16 bit) >sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa >sio0: type 16550A >sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa >sio1: type 16550A >lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa >lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >lp0: TCP/IP capable interface >fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa >wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa >wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): >wd0: 114MB (235440 sectors), 981 cyls, 6 heads, 40 S/T, 512 B/S >wl0 at 0x390-0x39f irq 11 on isa >wl0: address 08:00:0e:21:14:ba, NWID 0x1000 >npx0 flags 0x1 on motherboard >npx0: INT 16 interface >IP packet filtering initialized, divert disabled, default to accept, unlimited logging >de0: enabling 100baseTX port >wd0: interrupt timeout: >wd0: status 50 error 0 >de0: link down: cable problem? >de0: abnormal interrupt: transmit underflow (raising TX threshold to 96|256) >de0: abnormal interrupt: transmit underflow (raising TX threshold to 8|512) >de0: abnormal interrupt: transmit underflow (raising TX threshold to 1024) > >(I'm assuming the wd0 error is due to the fact that the drive is *very* >ancient... although it didn't give that error on the 386...) > > >Mike Andrews (MA12) icq 6602506 -------------- mandrews@dcr.net >Senior Systems/Network Administrator --- mandrews@termfrost.org >Digital Crescent, Frankfort, KY ----- http://www.termfrost.org/ >"If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?..." Is this a duplex negotiation problem? Try manually configing the dec adaptor into the propper duplexing mode. Let me know how this works. -------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com http://www.ChrisBowman.com/~crb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 15 21:08:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA27390 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:08:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mindcrime.termfrost.org (mindcrime.termfrost.org [208.141.2.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA27376 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mandrews@termfrost.org) Received: from localhost (mandrews@localhost) by mindcrime.termfrost.org (8.9.1/8.9.1/mindcrime-19980706) with SMTP id AAA24586; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:07:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mandrews@termfrost.org) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:07:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Andrews To: "Christopher R. Bowman" cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEC Tulip sluggishness on a 486 In-Reply-To: <199808160503.AAA08701@quark.ChrisBowman.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Christopher R. Bowman wrote: > At 08:04 PM 8/15/98 , Mike Andrews wrote: > >Here's a weird one... > > > >I've been using an old 386SX for a few years to route my home network, > >using two SMC Ultras and a full-length Wavelan with no problems. Today I > >decided to add 100baseTX to the mix, so I pulled out an old 486 PCI board > >(SiS 85c496 + 85c497 chipset), pulled all the guts out of the 386SX, added > >a DEC Tulip 21140-AB card and fired it up. > > > >I'm getting really *horrible* performance out of this. Pinging between > >machines on the same segment sometimes gives over 1000 ms ping times, 30% > >packet loss, and sometimes doesn't talk at all -- ifconfig shows the > >OACTIVE flag set, and it usually takes a few tries of "ifconfig de0 down; > >ifconfig de0 up" to wake it up. Sometimes plugging/unplugging the cable > >helps too. [snip] > > Is this a duplex negotiation problem? Try manually configing the dec > adaptor into the propper duplexing mode. Let me know how this works. It's running half duplex. I've got "media 100baseTX" in rc.conf just to make sure it doesn't drop to 10. (It's a cheapo Linksys 5 port 100baseTX hub, which doesn't do full duplex.) Actually, I lied earlier about having tried turning the cache off. (I meant to send the message after I'd really tried it. :) I'm running with both L1 and L2 caches turned off and it's now behaving itself (though now the machine is of course dog slow :) I'll try turning L1 back on tomorrow to see if it breaks again. But my current theory is that the SiS 486 PCI chipset on this board is screwed up and can't cope with the traffic coming off the card or something... Mike Andrews (MA12) icq 6602506 -------------- mandrews@dcr.net Senior Systems/Network Administrator --- mandrews@termfrost.org Digital Crescent, Frankfort, KY ----- http://www.termfrost.org/ "If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message