From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 3 01:56:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA14613 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 01:56:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA14590; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 01:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA03062; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 11:56:21 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma003060; Sun Aug 3 11:56:16 1997 Message-ID: <33E44759.3F3E@barcode.co.il> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 11:54:49 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Andrew N. Edmond" CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID controller? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrew N. Edmond wrote: > > I'm looking to install a RAID 5 storage system in four of my FreeBSD > boxes. What are the available RAID controllers that FreeBSD supports? > > Andy > > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > \-/ :::::::: Andrew N. Edmond - finger for PGP key :::::::::: \-/ > /-\ :::::: ............ :::::: /-\ > \-/ ::: edmond@lycaeum.org :::::: an1@anon.nymserver.com ::: \-/ > /-\ : Director of the Lycaeum :: the Nymserver Administrator : /-\ > \-/ ::: www.lycaeum.org :::::: www.nymserver.com ::: \-/ > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: There's a driver for the DPT card under development. It's not yet part of the release, but it should be in pretty advanced state. Search the hackers and/or the scsi list archives for where to find it and who to contact in case of trouble. Nadav From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 3 08:53:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA29544 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 08:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grunt.vl.kharkov.ua (news@grunt.vl.kharkov.ua [193.124.76.209]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA29515 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 08:52:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from news@localhost) by grunt.vl.kharkov.ua (8.8.6/8.8.6) id TAA26630 for dev.null; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 19:56:04 +0300 (EEST) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Tekram 680c under FreeBSD Date: 3 Aug 1997 19:56:02 +0300 Message-ID: <5s2d72$q01$1@grunt.vl.kharkov.ua> X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970709; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE] X-Via: News-To-Mail v1.0 From: Vladimir Litovka Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello! Is there supporting software for IDE/VESA Tekram 680c under FreeBSD? This card supported, as usual IDE-controller, but support of all features seems to be good :-) Sinc, Doka ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~NewsGate~ (c) Vladimir Litovka From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 3 10:04:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02637 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 10:04:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.cmnsens.zoom.com (dragon.cmnsens.zoom.com [207.33.155.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02623 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 10:03:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cmnsens (cmnsens.cmnsens.zoom.com [207.33.155.2]) by dragon.cmnsens.zoom.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id KAA28194 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 10:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708031703.KAA28194@dragon.cmnsens.zoom.com> From: "Mike Burgett" To: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 10:03:57 -0700 Reply-To: "Mike Burgett" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Asus P/I P55T2P4 and AMD K6/PR-200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk If anyone out there is running, or has attempted to run the above combination with 2.2-stable, I would appreciate it if you would drop me a line. I'd like to compare notes. Thanks, Mike From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 3 13:00:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA12998 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 13:00:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA12977; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 13:00:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA04900; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 13:00:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 13:00:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Donald Burr cc: FreeBSD Hardware , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD support WesternDigital 7193 PCI SCSI (33c296a)? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Donald Burr wrote: > A friend of mine has offered to sell me a SCSI adapter at an excellent > price. But I'm unsure of whether FreeBSD supports it. Hopefully you > folks on the list can help me out. > > He identifies the board as a Western Digital 7193 FAST SCSI-2 host > adapter, PCI. The chip on the board is marked as "33c296a". I doubt it. There is support for the WD 7000, which I believe is an ISA card. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 4 02:40:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA24236 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 02:40:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bagpuss.visint.co.uk (bagpuss.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA24229 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 02:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dylan.visint.co.uk (dylan.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.180]) by bagpuss.visint.co.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA24990; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 10:40:26 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 10:40:26 +0100 (BST) From: Stephen Roome To: Conrad Sabatier cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AWE32 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > Also, any chance of ever getting the awe device to recognize and work with > an AWE 64? Seems to only be compatible with the AWE 32. I got awedrv-0.4.0a working with my awe64 without much trouble. Doom is much better the choral bank that creative labs provided on the CD. =) Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd. Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342 WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/ From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 15:34:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA09561 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 15:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.xinetron.com (www.xinetron.com [206.86.215.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA09493; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 15:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop.xinetron.com (pop.xinetron.com [206.86.215.82]) by www.xinetron.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA01325; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jason.xinetron.com (jason.xinetron.com [206.86.215.94]) by pop.xinetron.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA26856; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 15:33:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <33E7AA2E.CCB@xinetron.com> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 15:33:18 -0700 From: Jason Liao Reply-To: jasonl@xinetron.com Organization: Xinetron, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet Card Support? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk /* This message is cross posted to freebsd-questions and freebsd-hardware. */ There is a Fast Ethernet Card based on Realtek 8129 Chip available on the market. It's inexpensive, about $30 to $40 per unit. Is there any hints about how to make it work with FreeBSD? I have the DOS packet driver source code for this card. However, I know nothing about writing network device driver for UNIX systems. If anyone is interested in developing driver for this card, I can provide the DOS driver source code. The source code comes with a GNU GPL license. Please reply to my e-mail address (jasonl@xinetron.com) since I am not on the mail lists. Thanks, Jason -- --------------------- Jason Liao --------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 17:25:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA14996 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 17:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA14989 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 17:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA20586; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:25:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:25:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199708060025.UAA20586@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk My group is about to spend a substantial amount of money on some new servers, and the Compaq ProLiant 2500 (#?) has been recommended to us. These machines will, of course, run FreeBSD 2.2. Does anyone out there have experience with these machines, and if so did you encounter any problems that would keep us from being able to use them in ``mission-critical'' applications (e.g., the Lab-wide mail, news, DNS, print, and Kerberos servers)? -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 19:21:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA21109 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:21:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA21099 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA02532; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:50:31 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708060220.LAA02532@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet Card Support? In-Reply-To: <33E7AA2E.CCB@xinetron.com> from Jason Liao at "Aug 5, 97 03:33:18 pm" To: jasonl@xinetron.com Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:50:31 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jason Liao stands accused of saying: > > There is a Fast Ethernet Card based on Realtek 8129 Chip available on > the market. It's inexpensive, about $30 to $40 per unit. Is there any > hints about how to make it work with FreeBSD? Er, write a driver for it? > I have the DOS packet driver source code for this card. However, I know > nothing about writing network device driver for UNIX systems. If anyone > is interested in developing driver for this card, I can provide the DOS > driver source code. The source code comes with a GNU GPL license. Realtek were actually quite forthcoming with datasheets when I last asked them (while pursuing the NE2000 smarter-test issue). It should be possible to get the "real thing" for this one too. One question; is the device basically just an NE2000-compatible? > Jason Liao -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 19:34:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA21864 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA21859 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:34:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA02637; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:03:15 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708060233.MAA02637@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? In-Reply-To: <199708060025.UAA20586@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> from Garrett Wollman at "Aug 5, 97 08:25:28 pm" To: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:03:14 +0930 (CST) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Garrett Wollman stands accused of saying: > My group is about to spend a substantial amount of money on some new > servers, and the Compaq ProLiant 2500 (#?) has been recommended to > us. These machines will, of course, run FreeBSD 2.2. Does anyone out > there have experience with these machines, and if so did you encounter > any problems that would keep us from being able to use them in > ``mission-critical'' applications (e.g., the Lab-wide mail, news, DNS, > print, and Kerberos servers)? If you're going to be spending a "substantial" amount of money, _demand_ a system on evaluation. This will let you pound it under your particular workload, which is the only really good test of a system 8) Having said that, check the mailing list archives, as I am sure that we have seen messages regarding these systems before. > -GAWollman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 20:59:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA26369 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.8.15.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA26363 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA11679; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 14:04:58 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 14:04:57 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RealTek 8129 support Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: ed3 rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:8 ed3: address 00:00:01:00:48:b8, type NE2000 (16 bit) ed4 rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:10 ed4: address 00:00:01:00:3e:14, type NE2000 (16 bit) Any chance that the 8129 card is a faster ne2000? /* Daniel O'Callaghan */ /* HiLink Internet danny@hilink.com.au */ /* FreeBSD - works hard, plays hard... danny@freebsd.org */ From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 22:31:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA00570 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:31:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bne16unx226.workcover.qld.gov.au (server.workcover.qld.gov.au [203.101.253.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00565 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from manila.workcover.qld.gov.au (manila [172.22.16.215]) by bne16unx226.workcover.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.6) with SMTP id PAA26544 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 15:31:48 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost by manila.workcover.qld.gov.au (8.6.8.1/DEVETIR-0.1) id FAA21944 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 05:32:17 GMT Message-Id: <199708060532.FAA21944@manila.workcover.qld.gov.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? X-Face: 3}heU+2?b->-GSF-G4T4>jEB9~FR(V9lo&o>kAy=Pj&;oVOc<|pr%I/VSG"ZD32J>5gGC0N 7gj]^GI@M:LlqNd]|(2OxOxy@$6@/!,";-!OlucF^=jq8s57$%qXd/ieC8DhWmIy@J1AcnvSGV\|*! >Bvu7+0h4zCY^]{AxXKsDTlgA2m]fX$W@'8ev-Qi+-;%L'CcZ'NBL!@n?}q!M&Em3*eW7,093nOeV8 M)(u+6D;%B7j\XA/9j4!Gj~&jYzflG[#)E9sI&Xe9~y~Gn%fA7>F:YKr"Wx4cZU*6{^2ocZ!YyR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 15:32:16 +1000 From: Stephen Hocking Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'd love to knwo if they're supported by FreeBSD. Stephen -- The views expressed above are not those of WorkCover Queensland, Australia. "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." Robert Wilensky, University of California From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 23:19:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02172 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:19:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02166 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:19:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA05103; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 15:49:26 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708060619.PAA05103@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? In-Reply-To: <199708060532.FAA21944@manila.workcover.qld.gov.au> from Stephen Hocking at "Aug 6, 97 03:32:16 pm" To: sysseh@workcover.qld.gov.au (Stephen Hocking) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 15:49:26 +0930 (CST) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stephen Hocking stands accused of saying: > > I'd love to knwo if they're supported by FreeBSD. Tekram have FreeBSD drivers on their website 8) Actually, their cards use either the AMD part (the low end ones) or the NCR 875 (the fast/wide/ultra card). > Stephen -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 5 23:36:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02905 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com ([140.145.230.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02886 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01488; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 07:51:10 +0200 (CEST) To: Garrett Wollman cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Aug 1997 20:25:28 EDT." <199708060025.UAA20586@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 07:51:10 +0200 Message-ID: <1486.870846670@critter.dk.tfs.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199708060025.UAA20586@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman write s: >My group is about to spend a substantial amount of money on some new >servers, and the Compaq ProLiant 2500 (#?) has been recommended to >us. These machines will, of course, run FreeBSD 2.2. Does anyone out >there have experience with these machines, and if so did you encounter >any problems that would keep us from being able to use them in >``mission-critical'' applications (e.g., the Lab-wide mail, news, DNS, >print, and Kerberos servers)? > >-GAWollman In general I would avoid the Compaq machines, for several reasons: 1. Everything in them is very proprietry, the frames you mount your disks in, the SCSI controllers, you name it. 2. They are overpriced. 3. Due to #1, you're stuck with compaq support/service, and over here that amounts to "It had a RAM error, so we changed the motherboard & the SCSI controller. That will be $3000 thankyou!" -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail. From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 01:36:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA08742 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 01:36:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pegasus.com (pegasus.com [206.127.225.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA08729 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 01:36:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pegasus.com (8.6.8/PEGASUS-2.2) id WAA06734; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:35:44 -1001 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:35:44 -1001 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Message-Id: <199708060836.WAA06734@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: Poul-Henning Kamp "Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems?" (Aug 6, 7:51am) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk } } In general I would avoid the Compaq machines, for several reasons: } } 1. Everything in them is very proprietry, the frames you mount your } disks in, the SCSI controllers, you name it. } } 2. They are overpriced. } } 3. Due to #1, you're stuck with compaq support/service, and over } here that amounts to "It had a RAM error, so we changed the } motherboard & the SCSI controller. That will be $3000 thankyou!" } } -- I'll second that assessment. Proprietary, quirky, expensive and costly to repair. From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 03:54:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA15381 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 03:54:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA15374 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 03:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA22397; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 06:08:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199708061008.GAA22397@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? In-Reply-To: <199708060836.WAA06734@pegasus.com> from Richard Foulk at "Aug 5, 97 10:35:44 pm" To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 06:08:07 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > } > } In general I would avoid the Compaq machines, for several reasons: ... > > I'll second that assessment. Proprietary, quirky, expensive and costly > to repair. This is not directly applicable since I'm talking about a consumer grade Presario 6704, but I have to defend Compaq again: Good: 1. Works fine other than the second modem; 2. Actually engineered. Quiet, holds together with Torx fasteners, bus cage snaps out and back in without tools, etc. 3. The one call to technical support (yes, easy problem, want replacement of all shipped software since I'm installing FBSD on the drive) handled quickly without hanging on hold and the unpaid for CDROM came express mail. Bad in general, and especially for us: 1. ALL manuals other than how to turn on the computer, etc, are on the W95 disk. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 08:29:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA02203 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.xinetron.com (www.xinetron.com [206.86.215.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA02197 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:29:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop.xinetron.com (pop.xinetron.com [206.86.215.82]) by www.xinetron.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA01318; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jason.xinetron.com (jason.xinetron.com [206.86.215.94]) by pop.xinetron.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA04360; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <33E89818.2213@xinetron.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 08:28:24 -0700 From: Jason Liao Reply-To: jasonl@xinetron.com Organization: Xinetron, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Smith CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet Card Support? References: <199708060220.LAA02532@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk /* Posted and E-mailed. */ Thank you for replying to my question. The documentations and specifications of the Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet controller chip and the Realtek 8140 physical interface chip can be downloaded from: ftp://www.realtek.com.tw/pub/lan I guess it's not NE2000 compatible because it's a Fast Ethernet card. Regards, Jason Liao ------------------------- Michael Smith wrote: > > Jason Liao stands accused of saying: > > > I have the DOS packet driver source code for this card. However, I know > > nothing about writing network device driver for UNIX systems. If anyone > > is interested in developing driver for this card, I can provide the DOS > > driver source code. The source code comes with a GNU GPL license. > > Realtek were actually quite forthcoming with datasheets when I last > asked them (while pursuing the NE2000 smarter-test issue). It should > be possible to get the "real thing" for this one too. > > One question; is the device basically just an NE2000-compatible? > > > Jason Liao > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -- --------------------- Jason Liao --------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 09:30:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA05457 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 09:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA05423 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 09:29:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA20834; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:32:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:32:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199708061632.MAA20834@sabre.goldsword.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, richard@pegasus.com Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:35:44 -1001 Richard Foulk said; > [Said by others] >} In general I would avoid the Compaq machines, for several reasons: >} >} 1. Everything in them is very proprietry, the frames you mount your >} disks in, the SCSI controllers, you name it. >} >} 2. They are overpriced. >} >} 3. Due to #1, you're stuck with compaq support/service, and over >} here that amounts to "It had a RAM error, so we changed the >} motherboard & the SCSI controller. That will be $3000 thankyou!" > >I'll second that assessment. Proprietary, quirky, expensive and costly >to repair. > The problem I run into is that Compaq & Dell are so beloved by "corporate America!" It's similar to to the old "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" in my mainframe days... I put on my coat & tie, go in & do the dog & pony show for the management types, pitching a FreeBSD server. Even with warrenties, & my company history, etc., they go, " Well, we would raither buy a 'name brand' computer for this application, since it's so critical to our company." I mention parts issues, open vs. proprietary, etc. "We already have xx machines from Compaq/Dell, etc. and they run Win95/NT just fine." Then the FreeBSD vs. WinNT arguement starts. Do I do projects using Dell/Compaq machines, etc.? Yes. Do I do projects using WinNT? Yes (I hold my nose...). When the client has made up his mind, & I want a chunk of his money/business, then I work with what he insists on. What do I use in house? FreeBSD & open architecture systems, of course! John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 11:56:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA12901 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:56:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bob.tri-lakes.net ([207.3.81.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA12885 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:56:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [207.3.81.149] by bob.tri-lakes.net (NTMail 3.02.13) with ESMTP id pa244805 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:56:06 -0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199708061008.GAA22397@hda.hda.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 13:54:30 -0000 (GMT) From: Chris Dillon To: Peter Dufault Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, (Richard Foulk) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 06-Aug-97 Peter Dufault wrote: >> } >> } In general I would avoid the Compaq machines, for several reasons: >... >> >> I'll second that assessment. Proprietary, quirky, expensive and costly >> to repair. > >This is not directly applicable since I'm talking about a consumer >grade Presario 6704, but I have to defend Compaq again: > >Good: >1. Works fine other than the second modem; >2. Actually engineered. Quiet, holds together with Torx fasteners, >bus cage snaps out and back in without tools, etc. >3. The one call to technical support (yes, easy problem, want replacement >of all shipped software since I'm installing FBSD on the drive) handled >quickly >without hanging on hold and the unpaid for CDROM came express mail. > >Bad in general, and especially for us: >1. ALL manuals other than >how to turn on the computer, etc, are on the W95 disk. Compaqs, in my experience, can be very well designed, well built computers, BUT yes, they are proprietary (very), sometimes quirky, and definately expensive. --- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@tri-lakes.net --- Powered by FreeBSD, the best free OS on the planet ---- (http://www.freebsd.org) From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 13:55:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA19147 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA19142 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.4] (annex13-58.dial.umd.edu [128.8.24.58]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA18664; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 16:54:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: crb@bacchus.eng.umd.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199708060619.PAA05103@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199708060532.FAA21944@manila.workcover.qld.gov.au> from Stephen Hocking at "Aug 6, 97 03:32:16 pm" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 16:52:44 -0400 To: Michael Smith From: "Christopher R. Bowman" Subject: Re: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Stephen Hocking stands accused of saying: >> >> I'd love to knwo if they're supported by FreeBSD. > >Tekram have FreeBSD drivers on their website 8) > >Actually, their cards use either the AMD part (the low end ones) or >the NCR 875 (the fast/wide/ultra card). > >> Stephen > >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ >]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ My Tekram DC-390F uses the NCR/Symbios 53c875 chip. It provides an internal 50 pin narrow bus, an internal 68 pin ultra-wide pus, and an external 68 pin ultra-wide bus. As I undertand it any 2 of the three busses may have drives attached. Mine has worked fine for me, however I haven't been able to verify ultra-wide operation under 2.2.2 (from CD) since kernels built from CD source don't seem to support the 40 Mbyte/sec rate (20 Mbyte/sec does work) I am told however that the latest 2.2.2 cvs branch (is that STABLE or RELEASE?) and the current branch both do ultra-wide transfers. --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@eng.umd.edu My home page From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 6 17:06:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA29428 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 17:06:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA29417 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 17:06:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA24100; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:20:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199708062320.TAA24100@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: Compaq ProLiant systems -- problems? In-Reply-To: from Chris Dillon at "Aug 6, 97 01:54:30 pm" To: cdillon@tri-lakes.net (Chris Dillon) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:20:15 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Compaqs, in my experience, can be very well designed, well built > computers, BUT yes, they are proprietary (very), sometimes quirky, and > definately expensive. Customer return with new warranty built last September: 2.6GB disk, 24GB memory, 166 MHZ processor, 12X CDROM, SVGA graphics (don't know details), two modems (OK one doesn't work with FBSD), sound, USB port (OK we don't support it), $450.00 last December. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 04:56:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA04121 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 04:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whqvax.picker.com (whqvax.picker.com [144.54.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA04116 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 04:56:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ct.picker.com by whqvax.picker.com with SMTP; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 7:55:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from elmer.ct.picker.com ([144.54.57.34]) by ct.picker.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08705; Thu, 7 Aug 97 07:55:21 EDT Received: by elmer.ct.picker.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA00894; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 07:52:46 -0400 Message-Id: <19970807075244.18541@ct.picker.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 07:52:44 -0400 From: Randall Hopper To: Conrad Sabatier , Chris Dillon Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AWE32 References: <19970802110825.42121@ct.picker.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 In-Reply-To: ; from Conrad Sabatier on Sat, Aug 02, 1997 at 06:14:04PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Conrad Sabatier: |On 02-Aug-97 Randall Hopper wrote: |> |>Build a new kernel with: |> |> controller snd0 |> device pas0 at isa? port 0x388 irq 10 drq 3 vector pasintr |> device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 vector sbintr |> device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 |> device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 |> device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 |> device awe0 at isa? port 0x620 | |Just wondering, why use the pas device for a Soundblaster? And won't it |conflict with the opl device? | Chris Dillon: |I was wondering the same thing. :) Sorry, the pas0 line is of course not needed for SB cards. I have an old 486 with a PAS card in it, and just leave that line in so I only have to build one kernel for both boxes. Each system correctly probes and notices the absense of the pas (or sb) devices--no manual disabling of devices req'd. No conflict with opl. Randall From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 08:02:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA11633 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 08:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netrail.net (netrail.net [205.215.10.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA11628 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 08:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lex (ppp-96.ATL.netrail.net [205.215.11.96]) by netrail.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id LAA29023 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:02:05 GMT Message-ID: <33E9E51B.39B49D8D@classfinder.com> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 11:09:15 -0400 From: Aaron Hillegass Reply-To: ahill@classfinder.com Organization: ClassFinder.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: AMD PCNet PCI ethernet card X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greetings, hardware gurus, I sent this to freebsd-questions two days ago and received no response. I hope this is not an inappropriate question for this list: I'm having trouble configuring an AMD PCNet ethernet card. I have system with a DEC PCI Etherworks card that works perfectly, and the Hitachi laptop with an AMD PCNet PCI Ethernet card that I just bought and can't get to talk to the ethernet. Both machines are running FreeBSD 2.2.2. Looking at the the working machine's kernel config file I noted the following line: device de0 and in the /etc/rc.conf file the following: network_interfaces="de0 lo0" ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" ifconfig_de0="inet 205.215.27.49" Being a simple-minded guy, I search the FreeBSD questions and found that the PCNet ethernet card uses the lnc driver. Thus I substituted lnc for de in both files: device lnc0 and network_interfaces="lnc0 lo0" ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" ifconfig_lnc0="inet 205.215.27.51" When I rebuild the kernel and boot the machine, I get: Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc1 rev 22 int a irq 9 on pci0:18 Two things strike me as odd: First, it says lnc1 instead of lnc0. Second, it doesn't mention its Ethernet address at all. The ifconfig fails because it can't find lnc0. So I try to manually ifconfig lnc1: # ifconfig lnc1 inet 215.205.27.51 ifconfig: interface lnc1 does not exist In hopes of getting more data points, I boot the machine -c and remove the lnc driver. I get the following: Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: pci0:18: AMD, device=0x2000, class=network(ethernet) int a irq 9 [no driver assigned] Then, I went back to the man page, and copied out the synopsis (changing the irq) device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 9 drq 0 vector lncintr Rebuilding the kernel and rebooting gets me: Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc1 rev 22 int a irq 9 on pci0:18 . . . Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc0 not found at 0x280 I hope that you can help me. Thanks in advance, Aaron Hillegass From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 12:12:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA25211 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:12:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA25198; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA00516; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:12:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jason Liao cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet Card Support? In-Reply-To: <33E7AA2E.CCB@xinetron.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Jason Liao wrote: > /* This message is cross posted to freebsd-questions and > freebsd-hardware. */ > > There is a Fast Ethernet Card based on Realtek 8129 Chip available on > the market. It's inexpensive, about $30 to $40 per unit. Is there any > hints about how to make it work with FreeBSD? It's detected properly in 2.2.2 (2.2.1 maybe?) and later. Configure ed1 and you should be OK. BTW, you can get DEC 21041-based cards for the same price, and they are much better supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 12:15:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA25455 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:15:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com (ccsales.ccsales.com [207.137.172.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA25433; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:15:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:18:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Katz To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: TR4 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Has anyone sucessfully used the SCSI TR4 Backup devices like the HP T4000 or the Seagate TR4 8000? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy A. Katz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 12:24:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA26218 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:24:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.166.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA26211 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:24:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (annexr2-41.slip.Uni-Koeln.DE) by Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE with SMTP id AA17522 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:24:51 +0200 Received: (from se@localhost) by x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (8.8.6/8.6.9) id VAA00347; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:23:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: " Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:21:47 +0200 From: Stefan Esser To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RealTek 8129 support References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.74 In-Reply-To: ; from Daniel O'Callaghan on Wed, Aug 06, 1997 at 02:04:57PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Aug 6, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > ed4 rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:10 > ed4: address 00:00:01:00:3e:14, type NE2000 (16 bit) > > Any chance that the 8129 card is a faster ne2000? No, definitely not! According to the data found at the RealTek web page, the 8192 supports PCI bus-master DMA, though I have no idea how efficient it really is at that. If it is capable of receiving more than 8KB at 100Mhz with no CPU intervention, then it should allow building a good Fast-Ethernet card for a workstation at a very attractive price. It may even be capable enough for a server, but I doubt that, as long as I have not had access to a technical data manual for that chip :) Regards, STefan From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 12:31:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA26553 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.166.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA26547 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:31:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (annexr2-41.slip.Uni-Koeln.DE) by Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE with SMTP id AA17567 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:31:37 +0200 Received: (from se@localhost) by x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (8.8.6/8.6.9) id VAA00841; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:31:36 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: " Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:31:35 +0200 From: Stefan Esser To: "Christopher R. Bowman" Cc: Michael Smith , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? References: <199708060532.FAA21944@manila.workcover.qld.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.74 In-Reply-To: ; from Christopher R. Bowman on Wed, Aug 06, 1997 at 04:52:44PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Aug 6, "Christopher R. Bowman" wrote: > My Tekram DC-390F uses the NCR/Symbios 53c875 chip. It provides an > internal 50 pin narrow bus, an internal 68 pin ultra-wide pus, and an > external 68 pin ultra-wide bus. As I undertand it any 2 of the three > busses may have drives attached. Mine has worked fine for me, however I > haven't been able to verify ultra-wide operation under 2.2.2 (from CD) > since kernels built from CD source don't seem to support the 40 Mbyte/sec > rate (20 Mbyte/sec does work) I am told however that the latest 2.2.2 cvs > branch (is that STABLE or RELEASE?) and the current branch both do > ultra-wide transfers. No, only current does, right now. I can provide anybody who can't way for Ultra-SCSI support to be merged into the -stable branch with a patch file, that brings the 2.2 driver to the -current level of features. If you want to receive that patch, send mail, and I'll either send you a diff file or place it on some FTP site ... If you can wait for one or two more weeks, then just watch the commit mail or CVSup logs for signs of the patch having been committed :) Regards, STefan From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 12:58:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA27847 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.tar.com (ns.tar.com [204.95.187.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA27833; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:58:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppro.tar.com (ppro.tar.com [204.95.187.9]) by ns.tar.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA05616; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:58:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199708071958.OAA05616@ns.tar.com> From: "Richard Seaman, Jr." To: "Stefan Esser" Cc: "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Thu, 07 Aug 97 14:58:04 -0500 Reply-To: "Richard Seaman, Jr." Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:31:35 +0200, Stefan Esser wrote: >On Aug 6, "Christopher R. Bowman" wrote: >> My Tekram DC-390F uses the NCR/Symbios 53c875 chip. It provides an >> internal 50 pin narrow bus, an internal 68 pin ultra-wide pus, and an >> external 68 pin ultra-wide bus. As I undertand it any 2 of the three >> busses may have drives attached. Mine has worked fine for me, however I >> haven't been able to verify ultra-wide operation under 2.2.2 (from CD) >> since kernels built from CD source don't seem to support the 40 Mbyte/sec >> rate (20 Mbyte/sec does work) I am told however that the latest 2.2.2 cvs >> branch (is that STABLE or RELEASE?) and the current branch both do >> ultra-wide transfers. > >No, only current does, right now. I can provide anybody >who can't way for Ultra-SCSI support to be merged into >the -stable branch with a patch file, that brings the Do you mean "Ultra-SCSI" or "ultra-wide-SCSI"? C. Bowman indicates ultra-wide, and you seem to support that but then refer to only "ultra". From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 15:05:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA03567 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:05:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vader.cs.berkeley.edu (vader.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.38.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA03558; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from asami@localhost) by vader.cs.berkeley.edu (8.8.6/8.7.3) id PAA17055; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:05:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:05:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708072205.PAA17055@vader.cs.berkeley.edu> To: lists@tar.com CC: se@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199708071958.OAA05616@ns.tar.com> (lists@tar.com) Subject: Re: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (Why is this in "hardware" and not "scsi"?) * Do you mean "Ultra-SCSI" or "ultra-wide-SCSI"? C. Bowman indicates * ultra-wide, and you seem to support that but then refer to only * "ultra". "Ultra" is for max. sync frequency (20MHz vs. 10MHz for "fast") and "wide" is for bus width (16 bits vs 8 bits for "narrow"). Multiply them to get the max. transfer rate. We have had "wide" support for years, and although I don't own a 875-based card, I don't think Stefan dropped 16 bit support just now. :) Satoshi From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 16:20:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA06447 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:20:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.166.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA06434 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:20:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from x14.mi.uni-koeln.de ([134.95.219.124]) by Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE with SMTP id AA19380 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 8 Aug 1997 01:20:28 +0200 Received: (from se@localhost) by x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (8.8.6/8.6.9) id WAA01065; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:08:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: " Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:08:55 +0200 From: Stefan Esser To: "Richard Seaman, Jr." Cc: "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: TekRam DC-390 SCSI controllers - any ideas what chipset? References: <199708071958.OAA05616@ns.tar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.74 In-Reply-To: <199708071958.OAA05616@ns.tar.com>; from Richard Seaman, Jr. on Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 02:58:04PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Aug 7, "Richard Seaman, Jr." wrote: > >No, only current does, right now. I can provide anybody > >who can't way for Ultra-SCSI support to be merged into > >the -stable branch with a patch file, that brings the > > Do you mean "Ultra-SCSI" or "ultra-wide-SCSI"? C. Bowman indicates > ultra-wide, and you seem to support that but then refer to only > "ultra". Yes, Ultra implies Ultra-Wide, since the two concepts are orthogonal. Wide transfers need negotiation code and some special case code on disconnects, but don't depend at the transfer speed at all. Ultra needs the clock dividers to be set accordingly, but those don't infer with Wide. The negotiation of Wide transfers implies a fallback to asynchronous transfers until a new synchronous transfer rate (and more importantly a new "offset" value) is negotiated, but again, this is true for any synch. rate independently of Ultra transfer speeds ... Regards, STefan From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 7 16:20:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA06466 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:20:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.166.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA06426; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from x14.mi.uni-koeln.de ([134.95.219.124]) by Octopussy.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE with SMTP id AA19377 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Aug 1997 01:20:26 +0200 Received: (from se@localhost) by x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (8.8.6/8.6.9) id XAA01796; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 23:44:05 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: " Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 23:44:04 +0200 From: Stefan Esser To: ahill@classfinder.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Stefan Esser Subject: Re: AMD PCNet PCI ethernet card References: <33E9E51B.39B49D8D@classfinder.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.74 In-Reply-To: <33E9E51B.39B49D8D@classfinder.com>; from Aaron Hillegass on Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 11:09:15AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Aug 7, Aaron Hillegass wrote: > Being a simple-minded guy, I search the FreeBSD questions and found > that the PCNet ethernet card uses the lnc driver. Thus I substituted > lnc for de in both files: > > device lnc0 > > and > > network_interfaces="lnc0 lo0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > ifconfig_lnc0="inet 205.215.27.51" > > When I rebuild the kernel and boot the machine, I get: > > Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc1 rev 22 > int a irq 9 on pci0:18 > > Two things strike me as odd: First, it says lnc1 instead of lnc0. This is intentional! You have reserved lnc0 for an ISA card, and PCI starts with the next unit number after those reserved for cards on other bus types ... > Second, it doesn't mention its Ethernet address at all. Hmmm, I'm not sure that the Lance driver prints the MAC address. > The ifconfig fails because it can't find lnc0. > So I try to manually ifconfig lnc1: > > # ifconfig lnc1 inet 215.205.27.51 > ifconfig: interface lnc1 does not exist That's odd. I know that the Lance driver works with PCNet/PCI cards for other people ... The ifconfig command looks right! What does "ifconfig -a" print ? > In hopes of getting more data points, I boot the machine -c and remove > the lnc driver. I get the following: > > Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: pci0:18: AMD, device=0x2000, > class=network(ethernet) int a irq 9 [no driver assigned] You should not have to disable the ISA driver to get the PCI card to work ... > Then, I went back to the man page, and copied out the synopsis > (changing the irq) > > device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 9 drq 0 vector lncintr The PCI attach will ignore the parameters on that line. All it needs is the Lance driver to be compiled into the kernel. > Rebuilding the kernel and rebooting gets me: > > Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc1 rev 22 > int a irq 9 on pci0:18 > .. > .. > .. > Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc0 not found at 0x280 > > I hope that you can help me. Please send a *verbose* boot message log (enter "-v" at the "Boot: " prompt). Do not change anything else. The interface name of the PCI card will be "lnc1". Please do also send the output of "ifconfig -a" from a kernel that displayed the following line: > Aug 3 20:28:49 toad /kernel: lnc1 rev 22 > int a irq 9 on pci0:18 which looks perfectly fine ... [Make sure there is no other device configured for IRQ 9, BTW.] Regards, STefan From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 06:55:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA17813 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 06:55:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.swip.net (mn4.swip.net [192.71.180.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA17804 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 06:54:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.swip.net (8.8.6/3.01) id NAA12654; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 13:54:56 GMT Received: from anderspc.hoj.se by hoj.se (5.65/1.0) id AA00756; Fri, 8 Aug 97 15:13:06 -0100 (MET) Message-Id: <9708081613.AA00756@hoj.se> From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_H=E5=E5l?=" To: , Subject: Problem with uncomressing kernel during floppy boot Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 16:06:52 +0200 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk We are currently in the process to upgrade our old Intel 386DX Sequent box with Dynix/ptx (Sequents own UNIX). The machine is (what I understand) a standard PC that Sequent OEMed from Intel. The ROM Bios is from Phoinx and called "ROM BIOS Plus version 1.10 16.H0" Our problem occur when trying to boot the machine from the FreeBSD floppy (2.2.1). The symptom is that the machine reboot when uncompressing the kernel. The strange thing I have seen is that the machine have 512 Kbyte Base Memory (showed during boot memory test). Extended memory is 19M and on a separate board attached to the mother board. To access BIOS setup a separate floppy is used at boot up. According to the information in the bios the base memory is set to 511 Kbyte and extended BIOS is at 511K. During the FreeBSD boot process (from the floppy) the FreeBSD report: Boot @ 0x10000: 511/19456k of memory And then booting from fd is reported and then it just reports after the uncompressing has been working for about 15 sec. When booting Dynix/ptx the boot process report that the memory is adjusted from 511K to 512K. Anyone have any ideas or seen this before? Must the base memory be 640k? -Anders Haal E-mail: andersh@hoj.se Tele: +46-8-611 85 60 Fax: +46-8-678 27 80 Mobile: +46-70-5753 5 46 From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 10:42:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA01194 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com (ccsales.ccsales.com [207.137.172.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA01180 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:45:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Katz To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: AMD K6 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk How does FreeBSD see it? As a 686? As a 586? Does it work? Are there problems? Thanx, Randy Katz From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 17:00:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA23805 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:00:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.xinetron.com (www.xinetron.com [206.86.215.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA23785; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:00:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop.xinetron.com (pop.xinetron.com [206.86.215.82]) by www.xinetron.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA04900; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jason.xinetron.com (jason.xinetron.com [206.86.215.94]) by pop.xinetron.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA28889; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 16:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <33EBB2DA.4FD5@xinetron.com> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 16:59:22 -0700 From: Jason Liao Reply-To: jasonl@xinetron.com Organization: Xinetron, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG,freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG To: Doug White CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet Card Support? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk /* mailed and posted */ Doug White wrote: > > > > > There is a Fast Ethernet Card based on Realtek 8129 Chip available on > > the market. It's inexpensive, about $30 to $40 per unit. Is there any > > hints about how to make it work with FreeBSD? > > It's detected properly in 2.2.2 (2.2.1 maybe?) and later. Configure ed1 > and you should be OK. Realtek 8029 is detected as ed2 in 2.2.1. It works fine. However, this one is 8129, a Fast Ethernet chip. > > BTW, you can get DEC 21041-based cards for the same price, and they are > much better supported. Recently I got a 21142-based Fast Ethernet card. Using the latest if_de.c, it worked with 2.2.1 but the speed auto-sensing didn't work properly. Thanks for answering my question. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo -- --------------------- Jason Liao --------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 21:41:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA06640 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 21:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA06635 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 21:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (jwm@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id VAA15976; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 21:40:57 -0700 Message-Id: <199708090440.VAA15976@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Randy Katz Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, root@meeko.eecs.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: AMD K6 In-reply-to: Message from Randy Katz of "Fri, 08 Aug 1997 10:45:57 PDT." Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 21:40:40 -0700 From: John Milford Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Randy Katz wrote: > How does FreeBSD see it? As a 686? As a 586? Does it work? Are there > problems? > > Thanx, > Randy Katz > There seem to have been very mixed reviews. I had some problems with spontanious reboots early on, but found this was linked to having a linear voltage regulator. The K6 draws 7.5 Amps according to AMD and this is enough that you must have a switching reulator. I have a K6/200, and it has been flawless for the past week although because of a flacky motherboard (Yes I have proof) it has been running w/ no external cache. I got the board replaced w/ an ASUS P55T2S4 today and I am planning to report back on it after running for a while. BTW, even without the 512k external cache it was pretty snappy. --John From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 22:10:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA07781 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA07775 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA28459; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:12:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:12:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199708090512.BAA28459@sabre.goldsword.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, randyk@ccsales.com Subject: Re: AMD K6 Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:45:57 -0700 (PDT) Randy Katz said: > >How does FreeBSD see it? As a 686? As a 586? Does it work? Are there >problems? > Check the archives. Most people trying it with Freebsd have had some really strange problems. (working fine for the first 2 weeks, then crashing, repeatedly) I'm hoping that someone figures it out, cause I have several Freebsd servers that I would like to build using the K6 (my cost on them is getting very good. Try a K6-166 for only $25 more than the K5-166....) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 22:31:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA08478 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:31:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA08473 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA28545; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:33:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:33:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199708090533.BAA28545@sabre.goldsword.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K6 Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 08 Aug 1997 21:40:40 -0700 John Milford said: >Randy Katz wrote: >> How does FreeBSD see it? As a 686? As a 586? Does it work? Are there >> problems? >> > There seem to have been very mixed reviews. I had some >problems with spontanious reboots early on, but found this was linked >to having a linear voltage regulator. The K6 draws 7.5 Amps according >to AMD and this is enough that you must have a switching reulator. I >have a K6/200, and it has been flawless for the past week although >because of a flacky motherboard (Yes I have proof) it has been running >w/ no external cache. I got the board replaced w/ an ASUS P55T2S4 >today and I am planning to report back on it after running for a >while. BTW, even without the 512k external cache it was pretty snappy. > This is good news! Please, by all means, let us know how it works out. Hmmm, perhaps I can hold off on some of these new servers for a week or so.... John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 9 09:10:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA29947 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 09:10:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from europe.std.com (europe.std.com [199.172.62.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA29927; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 09:10:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from world.std.com by europe.std.com (8.7.6/BZS-8-1.0) id MAA22334; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 12:10:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA24959; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 12:10:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 12:10:21 -0400 From: kwc@world.std.com (Kenneth W Cochran) Message-Id: <199708091610.AA24959@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: DPT SCSI HBA support Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (this is posted to hardware & questions) Right now I run BSDI, Linux & Interactive (old). All these OSes support DPT SCSI HBAs. I'd really like to run FreeBSD. :-) I've read that there is now an available driver supporting DPT's SCSI HBAs. Q1. Any idea(s) as to when this driver will make it into the CD & how it will possibly be identifiable? Q2 & 3. How can I install FreeBSD (current?) onto a machine with a DPT HBA? I suppose I'd need a boot-floppy with the driver in its kernel, so how'd I get that? Once up, I can, of course, get the driver & gen a new kernel, etc... Many thanks, Kenneth W. Cochran From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 9 14:29:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA15086 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line5.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA15080; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA06186; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:29:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:29:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jason Liao cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8129 Fast Ethernet Card Support? In-Reply-To: <33EBB2DA.4FD5@xinetron.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Jason Liao wrote: > Realtek 8029 is detected as ed2 in 2.2.1. It works fine. However, this > one > is 8129, a Fast Ethernet chip. Oh. I doubt it's supported then. > > BTW, you can get DEC 21041-based cards for the same price, and they are > > much better supported. > Recently I got a 21142-based Fast Ethernet card. Using the latest > if_de.c, it worked > with 2.2.1 but the speed auto-sensing didn't work properly. You need to update your de driver to support the newer chips. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo