From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 19 15:20:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124B837B73D; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:20:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2JNJPg11805; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:19:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103192319.f2JNJPg11805@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Rob Simmons Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, wpaul@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity 5500 Network adapter In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:14:46 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:19:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Now, the next problem with this 5500 is the network adapter, it is the > standard onboard adapter which is detected as a pcn card, AMD Am79C79x PCI > 10/100 NICs. After the kernel and the pcn driver are loaded the nic card > seems to get turned off. No link light at either end. > > Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this problem? Yes, this was reported just recently. The chap submitting the report noted that if you boot with the cable removed, and then insert it after the system is up, the link is detected correctly. I've copied Bill Paul (the pcn driver author) on this, since he may not yet be aware of the problem, or may want to work with you to resolve it. > I noticed in the LINT config file that this type of adapter used to be > handled by the lnc driver, is there a way to disable the pcn driver in the > install floppies so that I can find out if the lnc driver will work? It won't; I've already tried it on these machines. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message