From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 27 09:54:00 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA00670 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 09:54:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from elink.scls.lib.wi.us (elink.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id JAA00656 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 09:53:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [198.150.47.150] (fafnir.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.47.150]) by elink.scls.lib.wi.us (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id LAA16547; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 11:54:09 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199612271754.LAA16547@elink.scls.lib.wi.us> Subject: Re: de ethernet driver stomps SMC 10/100 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 96 11:58:19 -0600 x-sender: gregb@mail.scls.lib.wi.us x-mailer: Claris Emailer 1.1 From: Greg Barniskis To: "Bradley Dunn" cc: , "Allen Hyer" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bradley Dunn said: >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. There was no special "Read Me First", but the card was purchased recently. Allen Hyer said: >I had a similar problem. >What did make a big difference was to reconfigure the kernel so that it >didn't do any other probes on the same irq as the ether card. Further tweaking to get the card set up on different IRQs has made no difference. The card gets detected on the current IRQ, then dies. I've got the kernel stripped down to essentials plus ahc0 and de0. Is anyone working on a driver update for the new SMC chipset? Thanks for the info! ----------------------------------------------------- Greg Barniskis gregb@scls.lib.wi.us Network Administrator (608) 266-6394 Library Interchange NetworK (LINK) fax: 266-6068 South Central Library System (SCLS) Madison, WI