From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 19:37:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01505 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:37:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamefish.pcola.gulf.net (gamefish.pcola.gulf.net [198.69.72.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01489 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:37:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net) Received: from localhost (psalzman@localhost) by gamefish.pcola.gulf.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id DAA05846; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 03:33:59 GMT (envelope-from psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 03:33:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman To: waskita adijarto cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buggy 3c509 driver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Are you using the 3c509 or 3c509B? The normal 3c509 is crap, and 3com has destroyed it - i think. Make sure you ahve the 509B. I have it in my workstation, it runs great- but its only a workstation, not a server. Try the 3c905 for a server... -- Phillip Salzman "What the ehll idd i od with ym speelchkre?!" On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, waskita adijarto wrote: > * situation: > I used 3c509 Combo ISA ethernet card in some of my FreeBSD routers. > > *result: > - in heavy traffic, "no buffer space available" messages appeared in > syslogd. > - the card become unable to receive/transmit packet, after that > > *temporary (quick) solution: > reboot the machine whenever 'no buffer space available' messages start > to show up in syslogd. > *permanent solution: > - replace the 3c509 cards with NE2000 cards (or anything), > - put the 3c509 cards in non router machines (e.g: windoze box'). > > *question: > - is there a way to use 3c509 cards in FreeBSD ? patches ? > otherwise the cards will spend their lives in windoze box :-( > - 3COM 3c509 driver is listed as (buggy) in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT. > Is this what it means as (buggy) ? > > > -wasz- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message