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From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Subject: Re: de0 under 2.2-STABLE
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Has the new de driver and if_media stuff been put in -stable yet, 
or does this continue to be a manual operation to add it?

Dennis


At 01:20 PM 7/29/97 -0400, spork wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I ran this by -questions, and it was suggested I move over here...
>
>I have a Digital DE500:
>
>Jul 28 19:03:24 newporn /kernel: de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32
>int a irq 12 on pci0:10
>Jul 28 19:03:24 newporn /kernel: de0: DE500-AA 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 
>2.0 
>Jul 28 19:03:24 newporn /kernel: de0: address 00:00:f8:03:66:e9
>[skip to npx0 detection]
>Jul 29 12:59:41 newporn /kernel: de0: link up: enabling 10baseT port
>
>...and I'm running 2.2-stable cvsupped from yesterday afternoon.
>
>The card seems to work fine except for when the cable is unplugged.  This
>message gets logged:
>
>Jul 29 13:00:05 newporn /kernel: de0: link down: cable problem?
>
>If the cable is plugged back in, the link is dead and the link LED on the
>card flashes.  netstat -i will freeze after the first line is output.  If
>I give it a "ifconfig de0 down" and then "ifconfig de0 up" it comes back
>and works fine and has a solid link light.
>
>Is this a known problem?  And if so, is there a fix in the works, or is
>support for the Digital cards going away?
>
>Someone had suggested getting the de0 package from 3am-software.com; can
>anyone give me a "yay" or "nay" on that?
>
>Thanks much,
>
>Charles
>
>
>