Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 19:10:06 -0500 From: bad bob <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: "Mikkel C. Simonsen" <mcs@post5.tele.dk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Question] SiS embedded ether intfc Message-ID: <3C115A5E.DF2E033D@bellatlantic.net> References: <bulk.24674.20011207084733@hub.freebsd.org> <3C11039B.7295@post5.tele.dk> <3C1108AE.5090900@owt.com>
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Kent Stewart wrote: > > Mikkel C. Simonsen wrote: > > >>Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:35:54 -0800 > >>From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> > >>Subject: Re: [Question] SiS embedded ether intfc > >> > >>bad bob wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Dumb question - is there anyone doing work to make the embedded SiS > >>>ethernet interfaces on boards like the ECS K7S5A (athlon)? > >>> > >>J. Lemon gave me some patches back in October but they didn't work. The > >>system still wouldn't recognize the PHY. > >> > > > > Just a small note. The driver in Linux 2.2.20 also doesn't recognize the > > PHY (the driver reports "unknown type" or simmilar), but the driver > > still works... > I am willing to test patches for this with my ecs board. it is a 1GHZ athlon, running 4.3, I figure I will upgrade to 4.4 soon but no need at the moment. bob > It returns an error code 6 and quits. > > > > > Where does J. Lemon live BTW? If it's not too far away I could send him > > a board for testing. > > No, idea where he lives. I just sent him an email at jlemon@FreeBSD.ORG > > Kent > > > > >>He doesn't have access to a > >>system running a SiS 745 chipset with an onboard SiS 900 NIC. > >> > >>I've been a lot more interested in getting UDMA-100 out of the SiS 5591. > >>The SiS-745 based mbs are replacements for systems with existing Intel > >>Pro 100+ or 3Com 509b's for NICs. The original systems also had existing > >>sound cards. The 5591 only runs UDMA-2 right now. > >> > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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