From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 29 11:03:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA12999 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 11:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gamespot.com (ns1.gamespot.com [206.169.18.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA12993 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 11:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tech-a.gamespot.com (tech-a.gamespot.com [206.169.18.59]) by gamespot.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA08736 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 10:53:35 GMT Message-Id: <199607291053.KAA08736@gamespot.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Ian Kallen" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 10:58:28 +0000 Subject: Re: driver for 3com Fast Etherlink PCI Reply-to: ian@gamespot.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I did an ftp install over the weekend of 2.1.5 -- everything was great for outgoing traffic (i.e. an outbound ftp connection) -- the distribution blazed right in and I was initially very impressed with the performance of the 3c590 driver (vx0 -- ep0 is 3c509). However, when I tried to initiate inbound connections (http & ftp) there was some kind of buffering problem -- the transfer stalled and hung and pooped out. I tried a 3c595 (10/100 base T) and had similar results. I ended up cannabalizing a 3c509 (EISA UTP NIC) into finish the transfer of content over to that disk and finished it without further complications. I've seen reference to the 3c509's as being "buggy" but I've found that as long as Plug n Play is disabled, I set it up in the prom on IRQ 12 and addressed @ 0x280 and voila: it works like a champ! Whether the vx driver can be compiled into 2.1, I could'nt say but with the hassles I had over the weekend I'd advise against it until I had a higher confidence in the driver's debugging. > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:34:07 -0700 > From: Darren Kerr > To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: driver for 3com Fast Etherlink PCI > Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 16:37:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug White > Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Darren Kerr wrote: > > > Anyone have a pointer to a driver for a 3Com FastEtherlink PCI > > Ethernet adapter? Source or object is OK, since I just want > > to link into my freebsd pc kernel... > > As long as controller pci0 is defined, then it should be linked in OK. I > think the 3com stuff all goes through ep0 now, it should be detected and > assigned automatically without any more work on your part. > > My 2.1 version of FreeBSD (Jan. 96) doesn't see the fastethernet. > However, since I sent my question, I saw that a driver for this > card was added to a later version of FreeBSD in March (or May?). > > I'm hoping that I can pull in just the driver without upgrading > the whole kernel... > > Thanks, > /Darren > > One way to check is to do ifconfig -a and find the ethernet device. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > Ian Kallen ian@gamespot.com Director of Technology & Web Administration http://www.gamespot.com