Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:27:11 -0500 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: Eric Pogroski <pogrose@twcny.rr.com>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Com 3CXFE574BT Support Message-ID: <20031225042711.GA27052@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <20031224220555.1ba98b1a.pogrose@twcny.rr.com> References: <20031224130803.78472eac.pogrose@twcny.rr.com> <20031224.193850.30188078.imp@bsdimp.com> <20031224220555.1ba98b1a.pogrose@twcny.rr.com>
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--MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 10:05:55PM -0500, Eric Pogroski wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:38:50 -0700 (MST) > "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrot= e: >=20 > > My 3CCFE574BT negotiated a 100Mbps link for me no problems last time I > > checked (I'm on the road for the holidays, so I can't confirm). Maybe > > you could be more specific as to the versions of FreeBSD that you've > > tried? I recently went through and did a minor overhaul of the ep > > driver and made sure that all the 3com ethernet cards I could find > > worked for me, except for the 3c1, which is rare and no free OS > > supports that I've been able to ascertain (it is close to a 3C589, but > > has enough quirks to make it not quite work). > >=20 > > Warner >=20 > Hi Warner! and thanks for taking the time to reply to this during the hol= idays!=20 >=20 > The card in question is a '3Com Mehahertz 3CXFE574BT', it's a 10/100 X-Ja= ck card > (very handy, no dongles), and other anything that will recognize it as su= ch, with the exception > of FreeBSD (multiple flavors, see below): >=20 > I've used the card successfully on my Thinkpad 390X with the following re= sults: >=20 > MS Windows (All Flavors): recognized correctly, with 10/100 settings avai= lable > NetBSD (1.5x, 1.6x, NetBSD-current): recognized correctly, with 10/100 se= ttings avail. > OpenBSD (2.8 - 3.4): recognized correctly, with 10/100 settings avail > FreeBSD 4.8: recognized as '3Com 574BT' , only 10 Mbs settings available > FreeBSD 4.9: same > FreeBSD 5.0: same > FreeBSD 5.1: same > FreeBSD 5.2: same >=20 > I determined (in the 'BSD's) if 10/100 settings for the card were availab= le by doing the following: > 'ifconfig inet ep0 10.0.1.25 media 100basetx mediaopt full-duplex', if it= exited correctly, I knew I > was in good shape. > However, the same command under the freebsd's would generate 'SIOGETOPT:e= rror' or something > to that effect. Also, the ep (4) man page makes no reference to the ep dr= iver having anything but 10 mbs > settings. >=20 > Now I'm confused :( I really want to install freebsd next to winxp on thi= s laptop (net's nice, but not enough software, > and open has it's own quirks, that beyond setting up a bastion host, I'm = unfamiliar with, and linux, is for me, not a > real option). >=20 > again, thanks! If you need any more info, please let me know, I'll get it= to you as soon as possible. Hey guys, I also see this behavior with this particular card. Warner, if you would like, I can drop one of these cards to you in the mail if you want to tinker around with it. Let me know... --=20 Mike perl -e 'print unpack("u","88V]N=3D&%C=3D\"!I;F9O(&EN(&AE861E<G,*");' --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/6mcfsWv7q8X6o8kRAu0xAJ4+R0Goxk5S488AHT/qf+/a5UPNCACgrSl+ cpDjpp6nDkEGRc3NstHgJug= =ptZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--
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