Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:14:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de driver broken with SMC 8434BT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971013201314.3769B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199710131846.LAA17483@implode.root.com>
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On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, David Greenman wrote: > >In article <199710130616.IAA00826@curry.mchp.siemens.de>, > >Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> wrote: > >> > >> since the de0 in 2.2-STABLE now is the one from -current > >> (don't know why), the SMC 8434BT doesn't work anymore, when > >> using the BNC ports. > >> > >> I tried "ifconfig de0 media BNC" and "ifconfig de0 media AUI/BNC" > >> but to no avail. Since de(4) days nothing about media types, I am > >> helpless and went back to a one week older 2.2-STABLE version. > > > >You can get a list of the supported media types with "ifconfig -m > >de0". > > BTW, I've been thinking about yanking the "-m" option and simply always > outputting this information instead. I found myself spending way too much > time trying to find "-m" (when I didn't know it existed and thus didn't know > that I should be looking for it). Opinions? When did you have in mind to output this? Always, when ifconfig'ing a device that has multiple media, only when changing the media type...? I can see this being really useful in some situations, but pretty cumbersome in others. > > -DG > > David Greenman > Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * FreeBSD: turning PCs into workstations * | Windows: turning workstations into typewriters | * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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