From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 27 20:31:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA14055 for current-outgoing; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 20:31:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from iworks.InterWorks.org (deischen@iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA14049 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 20:31:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from deischen@localhost) by iworks.InterWorks.org (8.7.5/) id WAA16499; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:31:46 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199702280431.WAA16499@iworks.InterWorks.org> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:31:46 -0600 (CST) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" To: jdc@xig.com, matt@lkg.dec.com Subject: Re: de0 timeout Cc: current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >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