Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:58:16 -0800 From: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing@gmail.com> To: freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 3Com 3c905B-COMBO and 10base2/BNC Message-ID: <a969fbd10611021258t26750da6i369f8acfc5afa04f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <454A5AD8.1090600@orchid.homeunix.org> References: <454A5AD8.1090600@orchid.homeunix.org>
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What museum is this in, can we visit it? On 11/2/06, Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > anyone got 3Com 3c905B-COMBO network card (Fast EtherLink XL PCI) > working with 10base2/BNC? > > I just bought one and I can't figure it out. It has BNC connector and > should be supported according to man xl page. > > With ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf and BNC cable connected (with > terminator) ifconfig reports: > > xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU> > inet6 fe80::204:76ff:feed:6697%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:04:76:ed:66:97 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > > dhclient reports "xl0: no link..... giving up" > > > Now, if I manually try to switch to BNC media with: > > # ifconfig xl0 media 10base2/BNC > > I get: > > # xl0: selecting AUI media, half-duplex > > and a kernel panic (trap 12). > > The BNC cable itself works with another box. More information below. > Any help appreciated. > > Karol > > > uname: > > FreeBSD 6.1-SECURITY #0: Mon Aug 28 05:21:08 UTC 2006 > root@builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > verbose dmesg: > > xl0: <3Com 3c905B-COMBO Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xec00-0xec7f mem > 0xfebffc00-0xfebffc7f irq 10 at device 14.0 on pci0 > xl0: Reserved 0x80 bytes for rid 0x14 type 3 at 0xfebffc00 > xl0: using memory mapped I/O > xl0: media options word: 3a > xl0: found MII/AUTO > miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0 > xlphy0: <3Com internal media interface> on miibus0 > xlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > xl0: found AUI > xl0: found BNC > xl0: bpf attached > xl0: Ethernet address: 00:04:76:ed:66:97 > xl0: [MPSAFE] > > > vmstat -i: > > interrupt total rate > irq0: clk 561773 997 > irq1: atkbd0 257 0 > irq5: rl0 48 0 > irq6: fdc0 11 0 > irq8: rtc 71886 127 > irq10: xl0 3 0 > irq14: ata0 2139 3 > irq15: ata1 47 0 > Total 636164 1129 > > > -- > Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org> > OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc > > > >
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