Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 19:08:27 -0500 () From: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org> To: Greg Barniskis <gregb@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de ethernet driver stomps SMC 10/100 Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.961226190357.-102035H-100000@swoosh.dunn.org> In-Reply-To: <199612262342.RAA14561@elink.scls.lib.wi.us>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
If your EtherPower has the "new" chipset instead of the "old" chipset, it will not work with the current de driver. I don't know exactly how to tell what chipset you have, but if your card came with a special "Read Me First" yellow paper, check that paper. If the paper says something about the old drivers not working you have the "new" chipset. We got burned by this. We have a 5-pack of EtherPowers sitting around doing nothing. Doesn't it just suck when they change the product but don't change the name? -BD On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Greg Barniskis wrote: > We've got an SMC EtherPower 10/100 ethernet card installed in a Pentium > class > machine. The card runs fine under DOS, and when booting FreeBSD 2.1.5-R, > but as > the de0 driver loads, both the link light and the transmit/receive light > on the > SMC card go dead. The screen says:
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.WNT.3.95.961226190357.-102035H-100000>