From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 4 15:37:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from earth.wnm.net (earth.wnm.net [208.246.240.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6976437B719 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:37:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@wnm.net) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by earth.wnm.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f24NbiC81965; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:37:45 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:37:44 -0600 (CST) From: Alex Charalabidis To: Matijs Cc: Subject: Re: DEC Etherworks 2 problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Matijs wrote: > My questions to you are: > > - Is the DE201 DEC Etherworks 2 NIC no longer supported in FreeBSD 4.2? > - What could be the cause for the NIC not functioning under FreeBSD 4.1.1? > - Is there a workaround to manually add the driver to the kernel? > I believe the le0 driver was disabled since it was broken in 4.x and nobody has had the opportunity to fix it. Partly my fault since I submitted the original PR but never got around to assisting the FreeBSD person willing to try and fix it. Fixing drivers for vintage hardware can't be a priority when newer stuff needs attention more urgently and human resources are stretched. In the meantime, my two-dozen spare DE201s will probably find a home in Windows machines. as might yours... I'd say you're better off putting in a different NIC. -ac -- =================================================================== Alex Charalabidis Worldspice Technologies 5050 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN, USA +1 901 432 6000 Opinions expressed are mine alone but may be yours for a small fee. =================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message