From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 26 14: 6:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A1137B401 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:06:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B8343ED4 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:06:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBQM6ZDx042106; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:06:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBQM6ZGW042105; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:06:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:06:35 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Jameel Akari Cc: Trevor Johnson , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0-RC2 on Alphaserver 4100 mostly a success Message-ID: <20021226230635.A42090@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20021226162035.I19983-100000@blues.jpj.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jakari@bithose.com on Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 05:04:31PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 05:04:31PM -0500, Jameel Akari wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Trevor Johnson wrote: > > > from another computer on the same Fast Ethernet hub. The one problem I > > noticed is that the files transferred slowly by FTP, at less than 10 > > > ewa0.0.0.2.1 00-00-F8-00-3C-EC FastFD (Full Duplex) > > If you are indeed using a hub, then having the NIC set to > full-duplex is bound to cause problems. You'll have to set ewa_mode in > SRM, I think, to use 100/half or autosense. Otherwise the transceiver on > the NIC and/or the hub keep flipping back and forth, and things just suck. > > > de0: port 0x1ffef00-0x1ffef7f mem 0x7efff00-0x7efff7f irq 8 at device 2.0 on pci0 > > de0: interrupting at IRQ 0x0 intA (vec 0xb80) > > de0: DEC DE500-XA 21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.1 > > de0: address 00:00:f8:00:3c:ec > > de0: enabling Full Duplex 100baseTX port > > I think some DE500s have problems going at 100/full even on a > proper 100Mbit switch.. the one in my PWS500au (miata) crawls as 50-100kB/sec > when everything is forced to 100/full. Much happier at 100/half, so I set > the ewa_mode and the switch port speeds to match. I think this is fixed > in later revisions of the DE500. IIRC the various chip revs used on DE500 are not all working too well with FDX. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message