From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 30 00:51:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA16712 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:51:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA16704 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:51:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA20088; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:20:04 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707300750.RAA20088@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/PCI troubles In-Reply-To: from Max Khon at "Jul 30, 97 02:02:36 pm" To: max@iclub.nsu.ru (Max Khon) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:20:03 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Max Khon stands accused of saying: > > > How about giving us a complete description of the problem, including > > what (if anything) differs between the Linux and FreeBSD > > configurations of the card. > > Linux uses PCNet32/PCNet PCI optimized driver (dword i/o operations), > while FreeBSD uses Generic LANCE/PCNet driver (word i/o access mode) > btw, is there anybody going to write PCNet32/PCNet PCI driver for FreeBSD? > Linux (and Win95 ;) have no troubles with these network cards This isn't a useful problem description. To answer your question; someone will write a driver if/when they decide it's worth their effort. At the moment, it's easier to buy a card that works than run around writing and supporting a driver for a pile of ungrateful users. > > For that matter, have you tried running Linux on this _particular_ > > machine? > > yep. and it runs perfectly. the only reason to against installing Linux is > that our main server is a FreeBSD box (YP password shadowing will not work > with Linux clients) Well, I guess you have your choice; software that works but is slightly choosy about hardware, or software that loves your hardware but basically doesn't work. Now, if you actually costed your time, and the time that people have spent answering your questions, you'd probably find that it would have been more cost-effective to visit your local Electron Hut and buy a Tulip-based PCI ethernet adapter (about US$50 retail). -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[