Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:16:42 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: Mike <mgrommet@insolwwb.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with this network card / driver? Message-ID: <199811232316.PAA00495@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:27:58 GMT." <E40CBF0361C7D111914000C0F0303D1087EE@OCTOPUS>
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> > > Hi guys... using 3.0 release on 2 servers....3.0 reports > > this particular > > > card like this on boot > > > > > > lnc1: <PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter> rev 0x25 int a irq 14 on pci1.5.0 > > > lnc1: PCnet-FAST address 00:60:94:57:4c:f2 > > > > Yeah. The lnc driver is pretty marginal at the moment. I'd avoid it > > if at all possilble. I ran some tests at the local IBM > > evaluation lab > > and I wasn't too happy with the onboard ethernet. Try an Intel > > EtherExpress Pro/100B instead if you're really concerned. > > Have you any specific details on why you think it's not working? It > seems there's a bug been introduced recently relating to detecting cards > that I'll look into but I'm not aware of any other problems with the > driver that would make it necessary to avoid using it. The key feature of all of the failures I can recall has been that the device is identified, but does not work (usually failing initialisation). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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