From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 15 04:41:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA25742 for stable-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 04:41:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.xlink.net (relay.xlink.net [193.141.40.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id EAA25735 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 04:41:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from nixe.ISAR.net by relay.xlink.net id <149205-1@relay.xlink.net>; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:40:58 +0000 Received: from m.cht.de (root@urmele.Augsburg.ISAR.net [194.45.233.6]) by nixe.isar.net (8.8.4/8.8.4/ni-2.2) with SMTP id NAA21488; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:40:53 +0100 (MET) Received: from mx42.cht.de (mx42.cht.de [194.45.233.2]) by m.cht.de (8.6.12/cht-1.1) with ESMTP id NAA13252; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:40:51 +0100 Received: (from paule@localhost) by mx42.cht.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA06285; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:40:50 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:40:50 +0100 Message-Id: <199701151240.NAA06285@mx42.cht.de> From: "Gerd M. Pauli" To: Guido van Rooij Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with the 3Com Etherlink XL (PCI) under 2.1.6 In-Reply-To: <199701141824.TAA03475@gvr.win.tue.nl> References: <199701131315.OAA01003@mx42.cht.de> <199701141824.TAA03475@gvr.win.tue.nl> Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Guido van Rooij writes: > Yep I do. Let me see how I can help you. Great ! Thanx ! > First, could you send me how the device is detected at boot time? That > can be found either with the dmesg command or in your log files. FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE #4: Mon Jan 13 13:44:05 MET 1997 cht@bastl.cht.de:/usr/src/sys.2.1.6/compile/BASTL CPU: 99-MHz Pentium 735\\90 or 815\\100 (Pentium-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x525 Stepping=5 Features=0x1bf real memory = 16777216 (16384K bytes) avail memory = 14757888 (14412K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0 rev 2 on pci0:0 chip1 rev 2 on pci0:7:0 chip2 rev 2 on pci0:7:1 vx0 <3COM 3C900 Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 15 on pci0:10 utp/aui/bnc[*bnc*] address 00:60:97:0b:bf:52 ahc0 rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:11 ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs ....... vga0 rev 0 int a irq 12 on pci0:12 Probing for devices on the ISA bus: ....... npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface > Further, I'd like to know how you detect that it is in promiscuous mode. I have ipfw in the kernel and some log filters set, so I can see that the interface vx0 is receiving all packets on the local ethernet :-( The next is that the Machine is sending icmp messages ( net/host unreach. ) > I am thinking of some hardware problem in your system. It is explicitly > mentioned in the docs (page 4-46) for RxFilter that it is cleared > (i.e. set to receiveIndividual (which is normal operation)) upon > reset. The board is an ASUS P/I-P55TP4N Do you know where I can get the docs ? I looked at www.3com.com but could not find the stuff. > Apparently the hard reset stuff does something weird to the card. The Dos Config Program from 3Com for this Card has the answer, I guess. There must be a Config Register which has to be initialized from the Kernel at boot time . -- Gerd Pauli NIC-Handle: GP40-RIPE CHT Software Service GmbH Internet Access Provider Steinerne Furt 78,D-86167 Augsburg I.S.A.R Netzwerke, NTG Xlink Phone: +49 821 7406-0 Fax: +49 821 7406-100 E-Mail: Gerd_Pauli@CHT.de