Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:07:52 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Legacy ethernet cards in FreeBSD Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D79E9@l04.research.kpn.com>
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> > Ok, "seem to have lost support" is about the vaguest thing you could > have said. I've killed people for less. > I'm too young to die. Sorry for the lack of detail. I should have known better. > > Please explain in detail how > you arrived at the conclusion that the card was no longer supported. > Show us the dmesg output from your machine. Explain what you tried to > do and what results you observed. Don't just say "it doesn't work." > You've not going to help anyone that way. > 4.0 detects my card, prints the ethernet address during the probe, and actually transmits data when asked to do so. DHCP configures the card, etc. 4.2 detects the card, but does *not* find its ethernet address and the DHCP probe simply never returns, although the machine responds to keypresses to break the installation. > > Did you check to see if a pcn0 device was detected? Did you attempt > to use it? > No. > > If not, why not? > I did not know it was there. > > > SMC EtherEZ ISA > > Should also work with the ed driver, though you may have to turn off > plug and play mode using the SMC EZSetup utility. > I will try this. > > > RealTek "TP-Link" PCI > > If this is a 10mbps card, it should be an NE2000 clone, and will work > with the ed driver. If it's a 100Mbps card, it should work with the > rl driver. > Like I said: it probes, works for a bit, then drops the line and needs a power-cycle. I have two, one of them is available for an individual who wants to hack at it, the other one will serve as a cupholder after I've stomped on it for a bit, otherwise the cups keep falling over. > > > I'll be happy to try out patches for the lnc driver to fix > the problem of > > the Deskpro, or to give remote access to it if you want to > work on it. > > I'd be happier if you told me whether the pcn driver works or not. > Will try. Please hold ... Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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