From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 1 19: 6:34 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 19:06:30 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.brann.org (159-199.nyc.dsl.access.net [166.84.159.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF6E437B400 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 19:06:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from john@localhost) by freebie.brann.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0236PP09749; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 22:06:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john) Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 22:06:25 -0500 From: John Brann To: Scott Nolde Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [john: Problems with new LNE100TX] Message-ID: <20010101220625.A9684@freebie.brann.org> References: <20001229112505.A42854@freebie.brann.org> <3A4CBEB0.7FDC3EE9@mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3A4CBEB0.7FDC3EE9@mediaone.net>; from smnoldelinux@mediaone.net on Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 11:41:20AM -0500 Organization: Not while I'm at home X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the reply. The BIOS on this machine is old - it's a '97 vintage ASUS motherboard and doesn't have a simple PnP on/off toggle - however I have set all the IRQ assignments, but that hasn't helped. Are you sure your cards were 4.1 revisions? John On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 11:41:20AM -0500, Scott Nolde wrote: > I had to disable PnP in the BIOS before I could get mine to work. I've > used three of those cards without a problem. > - Scott > > > John Brann wrote: > > > > I have now clocked the machine back to normal speed and obtained exactly > > the same results. > > > > The card is marked as a "Linksys lne100tx 4.1" - the Linksys web site only > > goes to 4.0... > > > > John > > > > -- > > Unreal City, > > Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, > > > > finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Problems with new LNE100TX > > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:18:03 -0500 > > From: John Brann > > Organization: Not while I'm at home > > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > > > > Hi, > > > > I am having difficulties with a brand new LNE100TX ethernet NIC. > > WARNING - this machine is overclocked (I know, but I can't get to it at > > the moment to tune it back. The machine is stable otherwise) > > Booting a 3.5.1-RELEASE GENERIC kernel gives the following: > > > > BIOS basemem (638K) != RTC basemem (640K), setting to BIOS value > > Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. > > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > > FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE #3: Wed Dec 27 14:41:12 EST 2000 > > root@dev.brann.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC > > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (499.84-MHz 586-class CPU) > > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 > > Features=0x8021bf > > AMD Features=0x80000800 > > real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) > > avail memory = 29319168 (28632K bytes) > > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel.GENERIC" at 0xc0365000. > > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > > chip0: rev 0x03 on pci0.0.0 > > chip1: rev 0x01 on pci0.7.0 > > ide_pci0: rev 0x00 on pci0.7.1 > > ncr0: rev 0x12 int a irq 10 on pci0.10.0 > > al0: rev 0x11 int a irq 11 on pci0.11.0 > > al0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > ifmedia_set: no match for 0x0/0xffffffff > > panic: ifmedia_set > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > > > I also tried a 4-STABLE kernel (to see if the dc driver fared any better): > > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project. > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > > FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Mon Dec 4 10:21:08 EST 2000 > > root@freebie.brann.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC > > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (499.84-MHz 586-class CPU) > > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 > > Features=0x8021bf > > AMD Features=0x80000800 > > real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) > > avail memory = 28581888 (27912K bytes) > > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel4" at 0xc0436000. > > K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers) > > md0: Malloc disk > > npx0: on motherboard > > npx0: INT 16 interface > > pcib0: on motherboard > > pci0: on pcib0 > > isab0: at device 7.0 on pci0 > > isa0: on isab0 > > atapci0: at device 7.1 on pci0 > > atapci0: Busmastering DMA not supported > > sym0: <810a> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xfb000000-0xfb0000ff irq 10 at device 10.0 on pci0 > > sym0: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-10, SE, parity checking > > sym0: PCI BUS clock seems too high: 41926 KHz. > > dc0: port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem 0xda800000-0xda8003ff irq 11 at device 11.0 on pci0 > > dc0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > dc0: MII without any PHY! > > device_probe_and_attach: dc0 attach returned 6 > > pci0: at 12.0 > > ... > > > > In both cases the device is recognized, but the MAC address is clearly bogus > > and things go downhill from there. > > > > I did find a reference to a similar problem in a NetBSD mailing list > > > > http://x59.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=706666292&CONTEXT=977955079.249495553&hitnum=0 > > > > and checking the ADMtek web site referenced in the driver source confirms that > > the device is an ADMtek AN983, even though both drivers recognize it as an > > AN985 - I don't even know if that is really a problem. > > > > Anyone else with similar problems? > > > > Please copy me on replies - I'm not subscribed to hardware. > > > > John > > > > -- > > Unreal City, > > Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, > > > > finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key -- Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message