Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:38:47 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Alexander <amour@amour.ath.cx> Cc: dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SiS 900 Ethernet card Message-ID: <3DE2A677.8020709@owt.com> References: <20021125220040.B1409-100000@amour.ath.cx>
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Alexander wrote: > The next thing that comes is the Ethernet Card. It is on board and from > the dmesg output You see what happens. The card is working properly on > Windows XP, RedHat Linux (OpenBSD have the same problems except for the > kernel failure). > > I've tried removing the driver from the kernel so that at least I can > boot and install FreeBSD and then probably go on PCMCIA but the kernel > failed again saying that the device is unknown (huh !). > > Please, if someone knows a fix or thinks that can help, write me. > I'm ready to test patches and provide more information. > A temporary solution as far as the kernel is concerned is to disable the on-board SiS-900 in the bios. Get your boot problem stable. Then, you can fix the kernel and try things. I had problems with the SiS-900 on my SiS-735 based motherboard. I had a number of Intel 100's or 3Coms and adding one of them worked just fine. You need to be able to cvsup and in my case I am dependant on the NIC that is connected to my ADSL modem. FWIW, an FTP between 2 machines with SiS-900's gives me my fastest transfer rates. The 3Com is the slowest. The 3Com's are older because I liked the idea of the onboard memory being 2x larger in the Intels. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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