From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 22 11:59:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA21775 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 11:59:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA21632; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 11:58:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [204.141.95.138]) by etinc.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA28279; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:03:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19971222150134.00a5bbb0@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:01:35 -0500 To: Dru Nelson From: dennis Subject: Re: de driver - STILL needs a patch? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 10:53 AM 12/22/97 -0800, Dru Nelson wrote: > >autodetect with 100Base-T doesn't always work. It is best to >set the interface to a certain speed and duplex. (This was confirmed for >me with Ultrasparc boxes and Cisco CAT5000 devices.) I have >heard similar stories with other manufacturers products. > > >Dru > >On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, dennis wrote: > >> >> de? still doesnt always comes up at 100Mb/s on boot (cant autodetect) with >> the -C rev devices. with v2.22 there was a patch to make all that work....is >> there a patch that makes 2.2.5 work? >> >> Why can't this stuff get commited after half a year? >> >> Dennis Actually, I wrote it backwards....it always comes up at 100Mb/s, but it is on a 10Mb/s hub. There was a patch for this for 2.2.2..(Matt's driver I think)..is there a patch, or is de no longer supported. Another question.... will the old de driver patch work with 2.2.5, because whatever is in the release really sucks. Dennis