Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 04:42:08 +0800 From: "Xin LI" <delphij@frontfree.net> To: "'Don Lewis'" <truckman@FreeBSD.org>, <current@FreeBSD.org> Cc: re@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Call for testers - dc ethernet driver patch Message-ID: <20040107204157.851715299@ftp.bjpu.edu.cn> In-Reply-To: <200401071932.i07JWN7E017376@gw.catspoiler.org>
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It resolved the spurious collisions on my machine(Fortunatelly, I don't have
output errors previously, and of course the patch didn't brought me any :P
). Is the following information enough?
# uname -a
FreeBSD beastie.frontfree.net 5.2-RC FreeBSD 5.2-RC #15: Thu Jan 8 04:26:11
CST 2004 delphij@beastie.frontfree.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BEASTIE
i386
# cat /var/run/dmesg.boot
dc0: <Macronix 98713 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem
0xe4400000-0xe44000ff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0
dc0: Ethernet address: 00:00:b4:74:8f:2c
# ifconfig
dc0: flags=18843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
(....address omitted here....)
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
Sincerely,
Xin LI,
Repomeister and Liaison,
The FreeBSD Simplified Chinese Project
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Don Lewis
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:32 AM
> To: current@FreeBSD.org
> Cc: re@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Call for testers - dc ethernet driver patch
>
> The dc driver has been broken ever since it was converted to
> use busdma.
> The symptoms are that it reports spurious output errors and
> collisions, even when running in full-duplex mode. I believe
> the patch below fixes the problem, but I do not have the
> appropriate hardware to test it. I have had one gotten one
> report so far from someone who claims this patch fixed the
> problems he was seeing. I'd appreciate further testing of
> this patch, especially with as many of the chipsets supported
> by the driver as possible so that I can commit this patch.
> Please mention the type of hardware you are using (machine
> architecture and card probe
> message) in your reports. This is somewhat time critical
> because I've had users express interest in getting this into 5.2.
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