Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 07:30:28 -0600 From: Scott Bolte <bolte@gsao.gso.med.ge.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Why is DFE-530 NIC identified as rl0 instead of vr0? Message-ID: <200002041330.HAA01171@cirque.gso.med.ge.com>
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I recently bought a D-link DFE-530TX+ NIC that is misidentified under FreeBSD 3.4. In HARDWARE.TXT it is claimed that the DFE-530 should be a vr0 (VIA VT3043/VT86C100A PCI based cards) but the on-boot probe identifies it as rl0 (RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet). The card's docs don't say what chip it uses, and the chip labels do not clearly identified what they are. Can anyone speculate if the probe routine is broken, or has D-link switched hardware? If they have switched chips, is there any substantial difference between them? Thanks, Scott P.S. Btw, the card seems pretty CPU hungry at 100baseTX. Would that be true of an Intel Pro/100+ or a 3Com EtherLink 10/100 too? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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