Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:16:26 +1030 (CST) From: Matt Baker <matt@portal.net.au> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digital chipset ethernet card Message-ID: <199810262346.KAA10593@portal.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199810261943.LAA00647@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Oct 26, 98 11:43:31 am
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> > Up until now I've been using an SVEC digital chipset based 10/100 > > ethernet card with no problems. > > They have replaced this with the new model, based still on the DEC > > chipset, but now using a 21143-PC chip. And low and behold, it won't > > talk out the port. (system recognises it). > > Yes. Make sure you're completely up to date with the 'de' driver; there > was a recent update which may have improved your situation. Yes, taken the latest if_de & if_devar from FreeBSD-stable. Still the same result. Next try is 3.0, as it appears that the de driver has changed more. > > Boot output is: > > Oct 27 00:18:41 squid /kernel: de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a i > > rq 12 on pci0:9:0 > > Oct 27 00:18:41 squid /kernel: mapreg[10] type=1 addr=0000d400 size=0080. > > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: mapreg[14] type=0 addr=e5800000 size=0080. > > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: reg16: ioaddr=0xd400 size=0x80 > > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: de0: ACCTON EN1207 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2 > > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: de0: address 00:00:e8:50:0e:a4 > > Oct 27 00:18:42 squid /kernel: de0: enabling 100baseTX port > > > > Anyone had any luck with getting either of these to work? > > Oh, OS is FreeBSD-2.2.7-RELEASE > > These should work fine. Are you on 10 or 100? The output you quote > there indicates 100; if you're on 10 you might want to try "ifconfig > de0 media 10baseT" (you can splat this in the ifconfig in /etc/rc.conf). Have tried to talk to both a 10 & 100 port. Both autoconf, and set using the media statement. >From what I've seen, all de cards firstly say "100baseTX mode", then change it back again later in the boot cycle when the ifconfig command is reached in rc.conf. At that point it does change to 10BaseT/UTP if commanded to, and the LED on the back changes to reflect this. Thanks, --matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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