From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 21 15:29:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0628437B400 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from corserv.corserv.com (user153.net516.tx.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.201.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE7043E42 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:29:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from klyons@corserv.com) Received: from corserv.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corserv.corserv.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7LLaCi42010; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:36:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from klyons@corserv.com) Message-ID: <3D6407CB.9B662463@corserv.com> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:36:11 -0500 From: Kevin Lyons X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Cates Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: sis900 NIC on MS7308ET References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brett, Thanks for the info. I really need it to autoprobe for my application. if you know where a patch is, please let me know, and if i find one i'll tell you. Thanks again. I did some research on the linux driver SIS includes (at http://driver.sis.com/linux/630s/sis900.c) . It appears that in the 630ET, they moved the storage location of the mac address from EEPROM to the CMOS. So much for 630/630ET compatibilty! Unfortunately, my c coding skills are basic, but i may see if i can just substitute the sis630e_get_mac_addr function into the sis code in FreeBSD (if i can find it). Brett Cates wrote: > > Kevin, > > I had the same problem with the sis900 card. Here's the article I found > on correcting this issue... > > http://memberwebs.com/nielsen/freebsd/docs/sis_mac_addr.html > > Hope this helps! > > Brett > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Kevin Lyons [mailto:klyons@corserv.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:00 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: sis900 NIC on MS7308ET > > > > > >I recently bought a Matsonic motherboard model MS7308E/T. The board > >uses the SIS630E/ET chipset which in-turn uses the sis900 network > >driver. > > > >Problem is that the MAC address shows up on FreeBSD as 0:0:0:0:0:0. I > >can change it with ifconfig and everything works fine, but on a reboot, > >it's back at all zeros. > > > >The MAC address shows up properly on the same board under winbloze ME > >after boot. > > > >Any ideas? > > > >P.S. I have the predecessor to this board which is the MS7308D/E which > >uses the SIS630 chipset and it has always worked fine. > > > >Thanks. Kevin > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message