Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 12:46:50 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: James Shaw <jashaw@san.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card support under FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980208124650.28338@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34DD1617.5A1A3185@san.rr.com>; from James Shaw on Sat, Feb 07, 1998 at 06:19:03PM -0800 References: <34DC34F4.7F61F9B7@san.rr.com> <19980208100215.12076@freebie.lemis.com> <34DD1617.5A1A3185@san.rr.com>
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On Sat, 7 February 1998 at 18:19:03 -0800, James Shaw wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Sat, 7 February 1998 at 2:18:28 -0800, James Shaw wrote: >>> I have a sohoware fast 10/100 auto pci fast ethernet adapter (NE >>> 100TX-E). Can it be used under FreeBSD? >> >> Maybe. >> >>> It came with drivers for winnt and win95, but not FreeBSD. >> >> That's because FreeBSD is a complete operating system, including all >> drivers. That shouldn't worry you. >> >> The real problem here is deciding what the board really is. The names >> and numbers you quote are probably something that a marketroid dreamt >> up. I'd guess that this is a clone board, so what we need to find out >> is what the original board was. Failing that, the chipset >> information would be of use. Take a look at >> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook10.html#10 and see if anything >> looks similar. You can also look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT, >> which contains the following comments: >> >> # ar: Arnet SYNC/570i hdlc sync 2/4 port V.35/X.21 serial driver (requires sppp) >> # cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async (with Cisco or PPP framing) >> # ed: Western Digital and SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 and NE2000; 3Com 3C503 >> # el: 3Com 3C501 (slow!) >> # ep: 3Com 3C509 (buggy) >> # fe: Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet >> # ie: AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; 3Com 3C507; unknown NI5210; Intel EtherExpress >> # le: Digital Equipment EtherWorks 2 and EtherWorks 3 (DEPCA, DE100, >> # DE101, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE203, DE204, DE205, DE422) >> # lnc: Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL) >> # sr: RISCom/N2 hdlc sync 1/2 port V.35/X.21 serial driver (requires sppp) >> # wl: Lucent Wavelan (ISA card only). >> # ze: IBM/National Semiconductor PCMCIA ethernet controller. >> # zp: 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (It does not require shared memory for >> # send/receive operation, but it needs 'iomem' to read/write the >> # attribute memory) >> >> If you have FreeBSD up and running, you could put the board in the >> machine and see if the system recognizes it. If you do this, make >> sure the board is set to its default values. >> >> If you still can't make anything out of it, tell us what's written on >> the larger chips. > > Here is the technical specifications excerpted from the installation guide: > > Standards Compliance IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX > IEEE 802.3 10Base-T > PCI Local Bus Specification. Ver. 2.0 > > Connection Interface Single J-45 connector for both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX > > I/O address Assigned by the BIOS to a free I/O address block > > IRQ Line: INT A Assigned by the BIOS to a free IRQ (interrupt) number > > Software Support: Noovell NetWare, Novell NetWare Lite, Novell Personal > NetWare, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows > 95 Microsoft LANA Manager, SCO UNIX, Artisoft LANtastic, IBM LAN Server, NDIS-and > ODI-compliant operationg systems. You'd expect any Ethernet board to have these specs. They say nothing about the specific board. > And when I boot to FreeBSD, the initial message says: > > pci0:17: vendor=0x10ec, device=0x8129, class=network (ethernet) int a irq 10 [no > driver assigned] > > So I guess FreeBSD detected the board. But how do I install the driver for the > board? Hmmm. It *does* give the Vendor code and Device. I'll investigate. > Also, I have cable modem right now with RoadRunner. Basically I > need to run the RoadRunner Login software in Winnt to log in and > start using the cable modem. My question is: Even if the ethernet > card can be used under FreeBSD, can I use the cable modem without > the RoadRunner Login Software? I don't know. I'd guess that the tech support people don't know, either. > There isn't a version of the software for FreeBSD. FreeBSD doesn't need it. What we need is a spec so we can interface at a sensible level. You've raised a couple of questions here that I can't answer. I'll wait a while to give other people a chance to reply. If I don't see a reply by Monday, I'll look further. Greg To Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions"
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