From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 23:09:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF3E316A53F for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:09:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from skippyii.compar.com (cistore.compar.com [216.208.38.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A752443D31 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:09:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from hermes (CPE00062566c7bb-CM000039c69a66.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.193.82.185])j21NI30V040847; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:18:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <004501c51eb3$65062d10$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matt Emmerton" To: "Matt Emmerton" , "Godwin Stewart" , References: <002601c51e0e$2c0f41e0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca><20050301102433.138f2236.gstewart@bonivet.net> <001301c51eac$d9e440b0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:07:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: Re: 5.3-R and D-Link DFE500TX cards [ SOLVED ] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:09:15 -0000 > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:24:25 -0500, "Matt Emmerton" > > wrote: > > > > > I just installed 5.3-R on a spare machine, which is equipped with a > D-Link > > > DFE-530TX network card. > > > This is a "typical" Digital 21440A-based card which has worked fine fine > > > under 4.x before. > > > > Something misdetected your card, then. The DFE-530TX is via-rhine based > > (vr0) - I should know, I have 3 boxen using them :) > > > > The DFE-530TX+, however, is based on an RTL8139. > > > > $ dmesg | grep vr0 > > vr0: port 0x1080-0x10ff mem > 0xf0000000-0xf000007f irq 11 at device 14.0 on pci0 > > miibus0: on vr0 > > vr0: Ethernet address: 00:50:ba:df:6f:60 > > I yanked the card out and noticed it's an older DFE-500TX card (not 530TX) > with the DEC 21140 chipset. > So I think it's rightly being detected as a 'de' device, but is not working. > > Anyone out there have any hints/tips/advice? Apparently the magic trick is to wear rubber-soled slippers, scuff your feet across a plastic chair mat, while holding the NIC, and then discharge the accumulated static (audibly and visibly) between the card and the PC chassis. After doing this and reinstalling the card, it was properly detected (and is functional!). -- Matt Emmerton