From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 28 19:57:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA28949 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line13.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA28943 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA07280; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:56:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:56:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: spork cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 problem 2.2-STABLE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, spork wrote: > I just started work on a machine with a DEC 10/100 card using the 21140A > chip running 2.2-stable (cvsupped today): > > de0 rev 32 int a irq 12 on pci0:10 > de0: DE500-AA 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0 > de0: address 00:00:f8:03:66:e9 > > It seems to work fine, unless I unplug the cable. At that point it logs > the message "de0: link down: cable problem?" > > I can "ifconfig de0 up" and bring it back, but that would be inconvenient > if I weren't at the console ;) > > I looked through the questions archive and saw some messages from months > ago, but nothing recent. I just bought a 10-pack of these cards. Is it > time to ship them back? The old stuff you saw probably referred to the -AA revs when they weren't supported yet. Apparently the new de driver was merged in to -STABLE so yours is supported in 100mbit mode now. Otherwise it would have misdetected it as a 21140 and you wouldn't be talking to me now :) The link detection is new; I know of many instances I've pulled out my 21040 and the computer never knew the difference. :) I suspect you could root around in the de code and figure out where it does that and disable it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo