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Subject: RE: macronix and broadcast packets.
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> I have a pair of FreeBSD 3.4-stable machines sporting Macronix 10/100
> ethernet cards:
> 
> 	<Macronix 98715/98715A 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x25
> 
> I belive that the incoming address filters are not working as expected.
> Specifically, ARP exchanges between the nodes are failing.  If I either
> place static arp table entries on each node, or enable promiscious mode
> (running tcpdump on an alternate VT) then the nodes can communicate
> successfully.  I suspect a problem with the input filters either in
> operation or initialisation?
> 
> Anyone got any further before I start hacking the driver to diagnose this
> further?

I haven't done any more, but I'd note that they work fine under
NetBSD.  However, NetBSD doesn't support autonegotiation on these cards.



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