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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:31:46 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
To:        jdc@xig.com, matt@lkg.dec.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: de0 timeout
Message-ID:  <199702280431.WAA16499@iworks.InterWorks.org>

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> >I was under the impression that a Tulip by any other name, worked just
> >fine.  In practical experience, there seems something different about
> >some boards.  The SMC boards consistently work for us.  The Linksys
> >10Mb/s only (RJ45, 10Base2 or AUI) boards consistently work for us.
>
> Unfortunately, that isn't true for the 21140 (or later) chips.
> Which is why I'm rewriting the de driver.  The information to
> run the cards is in a serial EEPROM and my rewrite involves
> decoding that ROM and using the information to configure the
> card.  However, it doesn't quite work right yet.  

OK.  I was thinking that my problem might have been related to it
being on a second PCI bus bridged by an unknown PCI bridge chip.
But since the ahc driver, which works, is on the same PCI bus as
the 21140A, I guess that's not likely.

> Right now I only have limited number of cards that the support
> the SROM information and that makes testing problematical.
> (hint hint).

Hmm.  I will gladly test for you, but I can't send you our SBC
which cost around $4K.

Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org



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