From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 3 12:19:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA19516 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:19:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from gvr.win.tue.nl (root@gvr.win.tue.nl [131.155.210.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA19263; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:13:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from guido@localhost) by gvr.win.tue.nl (8.8.2/8.8.2) id VAA24248; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 21:09:42 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij Message-Id: <199611032009.VAA24248@gvr.win.tue.nl> Subject: Re: vx driver(s) - bad powerup behaviour In-Reply-To: <199611011833.LAA28106@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Nov 1, 96 11:33:05 am" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 21:09:41 +0100 (MET) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, gena@NetVision.net.il, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, hm@kts.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert wrote: > > > vx0 <3Com 3c590 EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:11 > > > utp[*UTP*] address 0:20:af:f7:f2:dd > > > Warning! Defective early revision adapter! > > > > I'm afraid that you have on of the early defective cards then :( > > Try to see if you can get this verified with the dealer, they > > should exchange it for a new one (at least here in DK they _should_) > > Is it utterly impossible to send or receive packets with the early > revision adapters? > No it isn;t. There is an overflow when receiving packets if memory serves me right. > Or is the driver just insufficient to the task? > Yep. I do have a description of what can be done to work around the bug though. No intention of doing it. If someone wnats to, I can send hime the stuff. Btw: did anyone try the driver on -current? If it works, then I want to commit the thing. -Guido