Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 23:13:31 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> To: wghicks@bellsouth.net Cc: sean@dreamfire.net, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD PCnet 10/100 PCI usability Message-ID: <199908192213.XAA00636@fdy2.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199908192000.QAA11324@bellsouth.net> (message from W Gerald Hicks on Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:00:42 -0400)
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> > >I have a PCnet 10/100 adapter built onto my motherboard (PC Server 325), > > >and FreeBSD picks it up as "lnc1." The damned thing got 3-4k/sec > > >transfers at the most. It appeared to not be negotiating with the hub > > >correctly. > > Yup, they can fail to autonegotiate. >I've been having problems with an older Tulip board on a non-standard >system. It first appeared to be an autonegotiation problem but on >closer inspection it was revealed that my buggy PCI BIOS isn't DTRT >and interrupts aren't getting set up properly. No interrupts, no >autoselect... It is a known problem with the AMD chips, it can even happen using their reference boards. Robert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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