From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 15:20:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA19437 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (root@orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.41]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA19432 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:20:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA25913; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 18:20:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.webspan.net: Host gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: francis yeung cc: questions@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: 2.1.5 and if_de problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jul 1996 14:52:52 -0000." <199607231452.OAA24634@fyeung5.netific.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 18:20:18 -0400 Message-ID: <25910.838160418@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk francis yeung wrote in message ID <199607231452.OAA24634@fyeung5.netific.com>: > Does anyone have any problem with the DE ethernet driver in > the 2.1.5 Release ? > During the booting of 2.1.5, the DE ethernet is disabled > (the card active lite is turned off). It does not happen > in the 2.1 kernel. Card active or link active? Perhaps it's dropping into the wrong mode... > It can't transmit with 2.1.5. > I have tried "ifconfig de0 -altphys 10baseT/UTP port" but > it has no effect. It's: ifconfig de0 -link2 to go into 10bT mode and ifconfig de0 link2 to go into 100bTX mode (or it is on the cards I've worked with). I have 2 SMC 10/100 cards here working FINE under 2.1.5-RELEASE. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info