From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 13 12:04:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01337 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:04:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shadows.aeon.net (shadows.aeon.net [194.100.41.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01315 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:04:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsdhack@shadows.aeon.net) Received: (from bsdhack@localhost) by shadows.aeon.net (8.8.8/8.8.3) id WAA10724 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:06:51 +0200 (EET) From: mika ruohotie Message-Id: <199803132006.WAA10724@shadows.aeon.net> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card In-Reply-To: <199802260213.SAA16197@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Feb 25, 98 06:13:53 pm" To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:06:50 +0200 (EET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG yaiks, i dont like being over 1200 messages behind on my mailing lists... > >The SMC cards *ARE* DEC chipsets. > The key word in the above is "new". The SMC9432TX uses the SMC83c170 > chip, NOT the DEC chip. We have preliminary support for it in the 'tx' another question... some other manufacturers, like accton (opinions about this firm greatly appreciated) uses some 21140 chips still, in both standard 10/100 and then in this weird 10base2/10baset/100basetx card, which all work, at least used to, with freebsd. the chip in those cards used to be 21140-AE, now it seems the last card i got is 21140-AF, any difference? i mean major? i think i started to have some problems with those 21140-AE cards just recently. (my -currents are nowadays about a month old) i'm planning in testing the 21140-AF card this weekend with up-to-date current. > >Is there a difference between the PRO/100B and PRO/100+? > The Pro/100+ uses the 82558 chip, which has an integrated PHY. It is > software compatible and performs identically to the Pro/100B. is this pro/100+ using the same chip that i found from this ANOTHER accton cheetah card? or is it pro/100B alike ship? or complitely different one? it's intel made, and reads: S82557 L7064277 SL24Z i dunno how much cheaper this one is, it's rather irrelevant, i only am interested in seeing how it performs... but it is cheaper. [two hours of hitting my head to different walls] uh, i hate to answer my own questions... it appears to introduce itself as: fxp0: rev 0x02 int a irq 10 on pci0.10.0 > -DG mickey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message