Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 10:09:42 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: John Ioannidis <ji@research.att.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.6 support for the 3COM 3C905 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980502100618.411h-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199805011802.OAA07276@bual.research.att.com>
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On Fri, 1 May 1998, John Ioannidis wrote: > According to the FreeBSD handbook, the 3COM 3C905 10/100 Mbit ethernet > cards are supported (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook10.html). > > Yet, I just installed 2.2.6 out of the cdrom.com cd-roms, and my 905 > was not recognized. The driver is supposed to be the vx driver, and I > verified that it's in my kernel. What gives? There is a new version of the 3C905, with a different device ID. I gave someone a patch to test whether the existing driver would work for this card, and the preliminary answer was "No". However, the issue is obviously not closed. Please boot with -v option, and then /sbin/dmesg | mail -s 'dmesg output with new vx card' danny@freebsd.org and I'll look at it over the weekend. regards, Danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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