Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:06:35 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ing=2E_Anton=EDn_Walter?= <walter@walter.anet.cz>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 Message-ID: <20011129190635.M346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> In-Reply-To: <200111291707.fATH7Uq84908@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:07:30AM -0800 References: <20011129132434.D346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> <CEEAKJDIECEFOFMBEAPACENICEAA.walter@walter.anet.cz> <20011129173657.H346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> <200111291707.fATH7Uq84908@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:07:30AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> If memory serves me right, "Jose M. Alcaide" wrote:
> > That strongly depends on the kind of hub/switch the card is connected to.
> > I found that the autonegotiation problems of the RealTek 8139 arise when
> > the hub or switch port is configured at 10 Mbps. Then, an explicit
> > "ifconfig rlN media 10baseT/UTP" is needed in many cases.
>
> For more commentary on this, see rev. 1.51 of src/sys/pci/if_rl.c.
+ /* Detect the Realtek 8139B. For some reason, this chip is very
+ * unstable when left to autoselect the media
+ * The best workaround is to set the device to the required
+ * media type or to set it to the 10 Meg speed.
+ */
Yes, indeed :-)
Unfortunately, those cheap 8139-based cards are the most generally
available. Usually those cards are the only ones available in the stocks
of the PC shops, at least here in Spain (most users[*] tend to blindly buy
the cheaper computer parts and accesories). I always recommend the fxp's
or xl's, but they must be backordered, which implies waiting a few days
for the card to arrive. As a consequence, we have a number of PCs with
8139 ethernet interfaces :-( .
[*] USER, n.:
The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."
-- Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the Top"
Cheers,
JMA
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