From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 10 10:48:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550F237B9D9 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:48:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dg@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA12557; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:33:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008101733.KAA12557@implode.root.com> To: Peter Jeremy Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finding programmers manuals for NICs In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:31:35 +1000." <00Aug10.133139est.115211@border.alcanet.com.au> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:33:05 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >On 2000-Aug-09 10:56:37 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >> Nope. I have the manual for the 82557, which doesn't not have support for >>flow control. I can't get the manual for the 82559 without signing an NDA. > >Actually, I was interested in the "Long Receive OK" bit. Does this >exist in the 82557? (I can't quickly find the 82557 Users Manual on >the Intel site either). Right, it was Ken that was after the flow control bits. There isn't a "long receive okay" bit in the 82557, but you might be able to get large frames if you set "save_bf" to 1. This will let all 'bad' frames through, however, not just those that are too large. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Manufacturer of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message