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To: James Ochs <jochs@sirius.aimnet.com>
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Subject: Re: Probelem with the dec 21140 chip 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:07:42 -0800
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>I have been using linksys ethernet cards with freebsd for some time, and
>they have performed flawlessly.  I just got 4 new linksys cards, and
>they have changed the controller chip from the dec 21040 to the 21140
>chip.  Freebsd's if_de0.c says that it supports the new chip, however it
>does not work.  The kernel detects and configures the card, ifconfig
>configures the card with no errors, however the card will not talk to
>the network at all.  It does not see incoming packets, nor does it send
>outgoing packets.  Is there a fix for this, and if not, will there be
>soon?

   Please indicate the version of FreeBSD you are using.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project