Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:06:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "K. Greenwood" <k_greenwood1@yahoo.com> To: Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make a d-link 530TX card work Message-ID: <20010614140637.69236.qmail@web14104.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <018a01c0f42d$5fe93ac0$3200000a@Intranet>
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Yup, right you are. I guess I should have specified that rl (like the vr device) uses the miibus. Looking at LINT both of these are "PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code." K. Greenwood --- Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net> wrote: > dosen't the + still use the MII Bus? Instead of > device vr use device rl. > > looks like i didn't read the email closely enough. i > have a half dozen bsd > machines here with the 530tx cards. in fact i just > got a shipment of systems > in for the office with use of the Dlink 530tx cards > no problem. I guess > different suppliers carry what they think is best. > > Ryan > > > Sorry to barge in and nit-pick, but I just thought > I > > would point out that he specified a d-link 530 tx > +, > > which actually uses the rl (realtek) driver (about > > which many previous posts have described in a less > > than pleasant manner). > > > > I have a couple of these and wish I could still > find a > > place that sells the vr version! > > > > K. Greenwood > > > > > > --- Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net> wrote: > > > you shouldn't need any additional kernel config > for > > > that card from the base > > > GENERIC kernel. > > > > > > # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus > > > controller code. > > > # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line > in > > > order to use these NICs! > > > device miibus # MII bus > support > > > device vr # VIA Rhine, > Rhine > > > II > > > > > > Those are the references to that particular > card. > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > thanks a lot to you guys for helping me out > with > > > my 20GB hard > > > > drive partitioning problem. > > > > i am facing another problem with my networking > > > card (D-Link 530 > > > > TX+). > > > > when i try to set it up during the initial > kernel > > > configuration, > > > > using the card type NE2000 under Network > section, > > > i face a peculiar > > > > problem. From my windows 98 i have found that > the > > > card's memory address is > > > > 0xed800000 but FreeBSD only allows memory > options > > > upto 0xffffff . i don't > > > > understand what the problem is . > > > > if i setup freebsd without setting up the > network, > > > how can i later > > > > , if i can, add the networking card because > the > > > memory problem will > > > > persist. and can i use the driver for Linux > 6.x > > > for FreeBSD. > > > > thanks guys, i really appreciate any help. > > > > cheers, > > > > Shailesh Sheoran > > > > M.ASc. > > > > Department of Electrical Engineering > > > > University of British Columbia __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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