Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:09:45 -0800 (PST) From: bob bobing <this_is_my_act@yahoo.com> To: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xircom real port 100 (10/100) xe freebsd 4.4R Message-ID: <20011225210945.29376.qmail@web12406.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011224175917.A215@localhost>
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... ok, i know this card wasn't working at first ... i'm sure it wasn't. :/ Well i rm -rf /usr/src, then downloaded 4.4-r src again, and built my kernel again, and it worked. So now i have no idea why that was happening. oh well. grumble grumble grumble --- Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 11:32:24PM -0800, bob bobing > wrote: > > i don't know if anyone else is seeing this, but it > > seems like i can't get this card to work (on a 10M > > network) unless i edit the driver. What i did was > > change the driver from trying autoselect to > 10baseT > > first. this is what i changed if below (diff -u > > format) > > Are you on a hub, a switch, or just using a > crossover cable to form your > network? You might be able to get the same results > by specifying the > desired media type in your ifconfig line, eg: > > ifconfig xe0 a.b.c.d media 10baseT/UTP > > This will skip autonegotiation and just use 10baseT. > The driver (or the > card) is known to have some problems doing > autonegotiation with some > hardware, but work perfectly fine with others (such > as my cheapo 10Mbit > hub -- this knows nothing about autonegotiation, but > the stock xe driver > will happily connect to it). > > > The errors i get are watchdog time out, and others > > (like Code 128 not found, Code 128 not found, code > > Unknown ignored, Code 131 not found, Code 131 not > > found, code Unknown ignored). after the patch i > still > > get 1 watch dog err, but then the network comes > up. > > Maybe i didn't make the correct change? :) fyi i > know > > next to nothing about c. oh i also turned on debug > to > > get more info. I can post that info if need be > also. > > Please do post the debug info, also your dmesg > output and the relevant bits > of /etc/rc.conf and /etc/pccard.conf. Debug output > with and without your > patch would be good, if you don't mind. It seems to > be normal to get a > single watchdog timeout when the link is first > brought up -- this is > presumably a bug in the card initialisation code, > which I'm looking into. > > Thanks for taking the time to look into this, > > Scott > > -- > =========================================================================== > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may > soar, but weasels > Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get > sucked into jet engines" > scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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