From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 18 21:30:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA28757 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:30:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA28725 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:30:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA13090 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:31:13 -0700 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA05560; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:27:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199609190427.VAA05560@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: DEC PCI CHIP QUESTION In-Reply-To: <199609190128.SAA10248@monk.via.net> from Joe McGuckin at "Sep 18, 96 06:28:36 pm" To: joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:27:57 -0700 (PDT) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Can't the Dec PCI chip operate full duplex? Yes, the DEC PCI ethernet chips (DC21x4x) can operate in full duplex mode. > Are software changes or ifconfig flags needed? Software changes are needed. The current driver does not have full duplex support in it. I have seen private email from the author that shows the card doing a FD negotiation with a switch. I do now know the current status of that set of changes though. > We just bought an ethernet switch that can configure it's ports as full > duplex. And so did I... :-) -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD