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From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
Subject: Re: kern/5590: SMC 8423TBA (DEC de0) port enabling/probing problem.
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The following reply was made to PR kern/5590; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
To: spadger@best.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/5590: SMC 8423TBA (DEC de0) port enabling/probing problem.
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:24:24 +0100 (CET)

 > 
 > >Number:         5590
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       SMC 8423TBA (DEC de0) port enabling/probing problem.
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       non-critical
 > >Priority:       low
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 28 00:20:01 PST 1998
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Andy Sparrow
 > >Organization:
 > None.
 > >Release:        2.2.5-RELEASE
 > >Environment:
 > FreeBSD PC.fluke.org 2.2.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 27 23:10:28 PST 1998     root@PC.fluke.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/PC.gpnp  i386
 > 
 > >Description:
 > Hi.
 > 
 > I was running 2.2.2-RELEASE with an SMC 8432, using thinnet and the
 > BNC connector.
 > 
 > It worked fine, I simply plugged it all in.
 > 
 > I upgraded to 2.2.5-RELEASE, and, on booting with the BNC port connected,
 > the driver says that "auto-select" is enabled, but complains afterwards
 > about a "cable problem?".
 > 
 > I messed about with 'ifconfig' and the 'media' option, but it didn't  
 > seem to be possible to get the BNC port working. Leastways, I couldn't
 > persuade it to work.
 
 Great, now we are already four people with this problem (although I am using
 a SMC 8434BT). I had contact with Peter Wemm concerning this problem a couple of
 weeks ago, but without success. So I contacted Matt Thomas, the author, and we
 had a few emails exchanged with diagnostics, etc. But I haven't heard anything
 from him for more than a week so I think he has to do some other, more important
 things.
 
 I also tried all media options without success, the only thing I get working
 is the UTP port. With debugging enabled and using UTP on de2 and BNC on de1,
 we get:
 
 de1: timeout: probing External SIA              CH1 first try for SIA
 de2: timeout: probing External SIA              CH2 first try for SIA
 de1: timeout: probing 10baseT                   CH1 first try for UTP
 de2: timeout: probing 10baseT                   CH2 first try for UTP (success)
 de1: timeout: probing AUI/BNC                   CH1 first try for BNC
 de1: timeout: probing External SIA              CH1 second try for SIA
 de1: timeout: probing 10baseT                   CH1 second try for UTP
 de1: timeout: probing AUI/BNC                   CH1 second try for BNC
 de1: timeout: probing External SIA              CH1 third try for SIA
 de1: timeout: probing 10baseT                   CH1 third try for UTP  
 de1: autosense failed: cable problem?           CH1 gives up...
 
 
 	-Andre