From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Apr 6 15:30:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9714137C184 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:30:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 99c8f334c649856e3f2cdadc4054e412) with ESMTP id <20000406223003.BZN15447.relay02@chello.nl>; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:30:03 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA03417; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:30:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:30:23 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Matthew Zahorik Cc: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list Subject: Re: dc driver for embedded ethernet on Miata MX5 problems Message-ID: <20000407003023.A3351@yedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <20000406212804.A1731@yedi.wbnet> <003301bfa013$f6e24530$6620a118@matthome> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <003301bfa013$f6e24530$6620a118@matthome>; from maz@albany.net on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:03:39PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:03:39PM -0400, Matthew Zahorik wrote: > : Is there anything special that I'm overlooking maybe? Comments from fellow > : MX5 owners are invited as well. > > See bug kern/17829 Right.. I'm not alone ;-) > There are multiple issues with this driver (in my experience) on Alpha > hardware. I don't know if it's limited to Alpha hardware, since I don't > have a 21143 based PC card to try. I have multiple cards, and 2 of my Alphas have it embedded. > I have a 100Mb blade in my 500au, and the dc driver autoneg'd down to > 10Mb/hdx. Forcing it to 100Mb/fdx didn't work. Hm. I don't own a switch, I'm using a 10/100 hub. > I've never tried it on a 10Mb card, but with the multiple ways this driver > is broken already, it doesn't suprise me if it doesn't work. > > I just compiled out the dc driver and use the de driver instead. I That is what I did as I could not get the dc driver to work for me. > sacrifice full duplex operation but I get a well tested and pretty stable > driver. The dc driver needs some more time to mature, IMHO. Bill is normally very interested in feedback (detailed!! feedback that is) on his driver work. So I assume he will respond when he has time. I think I'll file a seperate bug with my experiences as they are slightly different. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message