From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 26 16:13:44 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA20423 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 16:13:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns2.harborcom.net (root@ns2.harborcom.net [206.158.4.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA20418 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 16:13:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from swoosh.dunn.org (swoosh.dunn.org [206.158.7.243]) by ns2.harborcom.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id TAA06692; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 19:13:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 19:08:27 -0500 () From: Bradley Dunn To: Greg Barniskis cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de ethernet driver stomps SMC 10/100 In-Reply-To: <199612262342.RAA14561@elink.scls.lib.wi.us> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: bradley@harborcom.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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: