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To: Alan Judge <ajudge@maths.tcd.ie>
cc: thomas@lkg.dec.com, questions@freebsd.org, nops@maths.tcd.ie,
        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: de0 support for SMC8432BT EtherPower PCI 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 20 Oct 95 18:10:39 BST."
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 13:35:43 -0700
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>We've just got a new server with one of these cards installed.  We
>installed 2.1.0-951005-SNAP via ftp using the card and all worked
>fine.
>
>However, when the new system rebooted, it said that the ethernet
>address was unknown.  Further probing and debugging reveals that the
>card seems to contain a DC21041 chip rather than a 21040.  The initial
>unknown problem was due to yet another PROM layout (ether address at
>offset 20, but only 32 bytes altogether).  I fixed this and got a
>little further but am now getting trap faults.
>
>Before going any further (and while I compile a debugging kernel), I
>want to check if anyone else has one of these new SMC cards or has
>solved the 21041 support issue.  A hint as to why the boot floppy
>works might help a lot.

   Hmmm...the driver in the 10-5 snapshot has Matt's fixes for the 21041...and
since it works on the install floppy, this is really strange. What revision is
the if_de.c file in your sources? Look for $Id: just after the copyright.

-DG