Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:38:07 -0500 From: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Call for testers for 3c905B driver Message-ID: <19980728173807.A25849@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <199807282035.QAA27573@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>; from Bill Paul on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 04:35:53PM -0400 References: <199807282035.QAA27573@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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So far this is working Great! I'm going to stress test it now.. Whee Thanks! Paul Bill Paul (wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu) wrote: > For those of you that care, I have a 3Com 3c905B driver ready for > testing for FreeBSD 3.0 and 2.2.x. You can obtain the driver source code > from the following places: > > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/3Com/3.0 FreeBSD 3.0 source code > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/3Com/2.2 FreeBSD 2.2.x source code > > There are two files: if_xl.c and if_xlreg.h, which should go in /sys/pci. > The only differences between versions are those associated with differences > between FreeBSD 2.2.x and 3.0-current (this includes timeout handling, > a little bit of PCI configuration and multicast support). > > This driver should work with the 3c900, 3c905 and 3c905B Etherlink XL > and Fast Etherlink XL boards, as well as integrated 3Com controllers > on certain recent Dell systems (Optiplex GX1 and Precision). So far > I have only tested it with a 3c905B-TX integrated controller on a Dell > Optiplex and 3c900 COMBO card. > > Note that the vortex driver (if_vx.c) already supports the 3c900 and > original 3c905 cards, but it uses PIO to transfer packets to and from > the NIC's RAM. My driver uses bus master DMA instead. If you want to > use my driver instead of the vortex driver for the 3c900 and 3c905 > cards, you should edit /sys/pci/if_vx_pci.c and comment out the > portion of vx_pci_probe() that checks the PCI device IDs for the > Etherlink XL cards, otherwise the vortex driver may be assigned to > them instead of mine. > > The xl driver includes support for BPF, ifmedia and multicast. For > the 3c905B, there is a 64-bit multicast hash filter which will be > used if detected. For the 3c900, you only have a 'receive all multicast' > mode, which requires software filtering but is better than nothing. > > I still have a little work to do in the ifmedia support. You may need > to force the card into the proper mode to support the connector you're > using. For BNC, use ifconfig xl0 media 10base2/BNC. For AUI, use > ifconfig xl0 media 10base5/AUI. For RJ-45, use ifconfig xl0 media > 10baseT/UTP. > > For 3c905B cards, the media should be properly autodetected. You can > use ifconfig xl0 media autoselect to initiate another autonegotiation > session with a link partner. > > I would appreciate it if people with 3c900, 3c905 and 3c905B hardware > could test this driver for me. I'm particularly interested to hear it > it works correctly with Fast Etherlink XL boards (3c905 10/100 cards). > These cards use a NatSemi 10/100 PHY via the MII interface: I don't > have one of these to test, so I can't be sure the MII support will > work correctly. > > If you test the driver, please sent me a note letting me know if it > works or not. If it doesn't work, please try to describe the problem > you're having throroughly. Specify a way to reproduce the problem, > if possible. > > To add the driver to your kernel, you need to do the following: > > - Edit /sys/conf/files and add a line that says: > pci/if_xl.c optional xl device-driver > > - Edit your kernel config file and add a line that says: > device xl0 > > - Copy if_xl.c and if_xlreg.h to /sys/pci. > > - Compile a new kernel and boot it. > > You may optionally want to edit /sys/pci/if_vx_pci.c to stop it > probing the Etherlink XL cards so that if_xl.c can see them. > > -Bill > > -- > ============================================================================= > -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu > Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research > Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City > ============================================================================= > "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" > ============================================================================= > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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