Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Estes <ce48878@cp.appstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A Few Questions on the DFE-530TX+ rev. D ethernet nic Message-ID: <282367.998597512393.JavaMail.cpadmin@piper>
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> I have a dfe-530tx+ with the family on the box (rev. d) and i have > > looked in the archives for this group for info on getting it to work in > > fbsd 4.3 . > > i found PR25640 and patched my if_rl.c and if_rlreh.h files (i think, i > > just tacked the text onto the end of each file) but im not sure what im > > supposed to do to my kernel when i recompile it (if that is what im > > supposed to do). i am running generic kernel with nothing commented > > out. I would also like to add that while i was looking in the archives > > i saw a few references to this type of card or this chipset or > > something being "the worst kind on the market". Would i be better off > > just going out and getting a different card? thanks for any help on > > this subject. > > Adding the code at the end isn't going to work. Much of the changes is > adding recognition code for the new parts. If you can't cvsup to -stable, I > would grab the RELENG_4 versions of those two modules from > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/pci/. I have a friend in > California that fixed his system by just replacing the modules on his system > and building a new system. > > Once he updated his system, he didn't have any problems using the rl driver. > Thanks, I got the files and recompiled my generic kernel and its recognized in my dmesg now. however if anyone has any info on how this card stacks up to others i would be interested. if i can get a better/faster card just by spending a few extra $ i probably would. (this one only cost me $12) thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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