Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:43:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Matt Baker <matt@portal.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digital chipset ethernet card Message-ID: <199810261943.LAA00647@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Oct 1998 02:12:29 %2B1030." <199810261542.CAA07638@portal.net.au>
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> Isn't it just great when your supplier changes the model of ethernet > card they send you without warning... Bleagh. > Up until now I've been using an SVEC digital chipset based 10/100 > ethernet card with no problems. > They have replaced this with the new model, based still on the DEC > chipset, but now using a 21143-PC chip. And low and behold, it won't > talk out the port. (system recognises it). Yes. Make sure you're completely up to date with the 'de' driver; there was a recent update which may have improved your situation. > The man pages say that the 21143 chip is supported, but I guess the > line interface is not. The 21143 is "sort of" supported. The 'de' driver is problematic in that it's maintained by a third party (Matt Thomas), but they are somewhat busy with "real work" and don't seem to be responding to any sort of encouragement or queries. > As an alternative I purchsed some Accton cards. Known as EN1207B's > the system actually recognises them on boot. But again it won't talk > out the port. (yep, tested cables etc, works fine with old card). > These have a 21140-AF chip on then, and a Level One LXT970QC which > I take is the line interface. Yup. Jargon for that is "PHY". > Boot output is: > Oct 27 00:18:41 squid /kernel: de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a i > rq 12 on pci0:9:0 > Oct 27 00:18:41 squid /kernel: mapreg[10] type=1 addr=0000d400 size=0080. > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: mapreg[14] type=0 addr=e5800000 size=0080. > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: reg16: ioaddr=0xd400 size=0x80 > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: de0: ACCTON EN1207 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2 > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: de0: address 00:00:e8:50:0e:a4 > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: de0: enabling 100baseTX port > > Anyone had any luck with getting either of these to work? > Oh, OS is FreeBSD-2.2.7-RELEASE These should work fine. Are you on 10 or 100? The output you quote there indicates 100; if you're on 10 you might want to try "ifconfig de0 media 10baseT" (you can splat this in the ifconfig in /etc/rc.conf). -- \\ 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-hardware" in the body of the message
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