From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 1 19:21:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA01110 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:21:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail13.digital.com (mail13.digital.com [192.208.46.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA01099 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:21:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from muggsy.lkg.dec.com by mail13.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) id WAA18715; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:14:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com by muggsy.lkg.dec.com (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) with SMTP id AA26887; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:13:57 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970401221054.00769af8@alphy.lkg.dec.com> X-Sender: popmatt@alphy.lkg.dec.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 22:10:54 -0500 To: Jaye Mathisen , hackers@freebsd.org From: Matt Thomas Subject: Re: Does de driver do 100MBIT Full Duplex? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 05:18 PM 4/1/97 -0800, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > >I'm not sure exactly how the process works, but the SMC card (dual >etherpower 10/100), seems unable to kick into full-duplex mode with my >Linkswitch. Is that the 9334bdt? What version of FreeBSD? >Does the driver support it? ifconfig shows a "Simplex" flag, but if >I remember correctly, that was something to do with if a card could read >it's own output on coax or somesuch. Correct. Note the driver in NetBSD is in much better shape than the current FreeBSD driver. (it isn't hard to get the NetBSD driver running under FreeBSD). -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message