Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:11:28 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Herdman <andrew@io.org> To: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@Glock.COM> Cc: davidg@Root.COM, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SMC EtherEZ 8416 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.951129101042.23087B-100000@trepan.io.org> In-Reply-To: <199511291219.HAA10311@Glock.COM>
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On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, matthew c. mead wrote:
> On Tue, November 28, 1995 at 20:22:56 (-0800), David Greenman wrote:
>
> > > I've got an SMC EtherEZ 8416 that I'd like to use with FreeBSD, and it
> > >shows up properly under the ed0 driver, but anytime I try to use the card I get
> > >an error message that looks like this:
>
> > >ed0: NIC memory corrupt - Invalid packet length 4648.
>
> > > Anyone have any ideas? It works fine under *cringe* Win95 on someone
> > >else's machine...
>
> > What version of FreeBSD is this with?
>
> 2.1.0R. I had recommended the purchase of this card due to
> response from the list that it worked properly under the ed0 drive, but
> apparently it doesn't. I can pop it back in my machine for testing if
> you'd like to hammer this out...
Thats ok, this card has the same problem with bsdi 2.0.1 and 2.0. It's a
crappy card.
Andrew
Use the SMC Ultra 16 instead
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