Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:53:07 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: Wolfgang Zenker <wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org>, Alexander <amour@amour.ath.cx>, dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SiS 900 Ethernet card Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021125195307.010f3850@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <3DE2D1D1.8060105@owt.com> References: <20021126004445.I657-100000@amour.ath.cx> <3.0.5.32.20021125192751.010f3850@mail.sage-one.net>
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At 05:43 PM 11.25.2002 -0800, Kent Stewart wrote:
>
>
>Jack L. Stone wrote:
>> At 02:04 AM 11.26.2002 +0100, Wolfgang Zenker wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>> The problem is that my bios have very few features and I can't disable
>>>>the Network Card.
>>>> I'm not sure what is the mainboard, it is sis but I don't know which
>>>>model. Maybe this dmesg output from OpenBSD may help someone:
>>>
>>>>cpu0: Intel Pentium 4 ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.20 GHz
>>>>[..]
>>>>sis0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "SIS 900 10/100BaseTX" rev 0x90: irq 10
>>>
>>>that's apparently a nic integrated in the SiS 635 chipset.
>>>
>>>Wolfgang
>>>
>>
>>
>> At the very least, it should have a jumper on the MB to disable such a
>> feature.... you should go to the MB website if you don't have a manual with
>> the MB layout and jumpers. They should have the info there -- certainly
>> Tech support would be available.... I can't imagine an onboard NIC that
>> would not have an option to disable just as with audio or video....
>
>There should be an option in the bios called "Features Setup". In it
>you have a choice of "Onboard LAN" enabled or disabled.
>
>There are virtually no jumpers on SIS based motherboards.
>
>Kent
>
>--
>Kent Stewart
>Richland, WA
>
Well, he said no such option in the BIOS, so other way would be jumpers.
Sorry, not much more specific help... never owned a SIS MB....
Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator
SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net
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