From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 22 13:12:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13419 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:12:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles76.castles.com [208.214.165.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13413 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13433; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:10:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811222110.NAA13433@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Mike" cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with this network card / driver? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:55:05 CST." <000301be165a$61cac920$0cf896d0@mikeg.insolwwb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:10:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi guys... using 3.0 release on 2 servers....3.0 reports this particular > card like this on boot > > lnc1: rev 0x25 int a irq 14 on pci1.5.0 > lnc1: PCnet-FAST address 00:60:94:57:4c:f2 Yeah. The lnc driver is pretty marginal at the moment. I'd avoid it if at all possilble. I ran some tests at the local IBM evaluation lab and I wasn't too happy with the onboard ethernet. Try an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B instead if you're really concerned. > In any case should I be concerned at all? Like I said the machine hums > along perfectly but being the paranoid little guy that I am, I want to know > all the details before they > reach up and bite me on the ass. If it's working OK, then it'll probably continue to work just fine. It's quite likely that the BSD/OS driver just doesn't bother to report this error (which seems to indicate a very busy ethernet). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message