From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 12 11:44:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA25378 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:44:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA25355 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA04672; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:46:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:46:56 -0400 Message-Id: <199604121846.OAA04672@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Hmmm, OK, SMC driver is the de driver. Is it broke? Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> 1 box has been running fine for a couple months as a news server, with a >> 3com 3c509 (2.1-stable from about Feb). >> >> Swapped the 509 for the SMC etherpower, and updated the src to 4/10/96 >> -stable, and the box locks up after a few seconds of use. >> >> Seems to be related to the ethernet card, as it works fine if I put the >> 3com back. It also works fine if I boot the old 2.1-RELEASE generic >> kernel. >> >> It doesn't work with a current -stable generic or custom kernel. >> >> Symptoms are always the same. It boots fine, runs a few minutes, and >> after just a bit of network I/O, it fails. >> >> Tried a different etherpower 10/100 card, and same thing. >> >> >> Box is a P5-120, award BIOS, PNP on, a 946C, crappy VGA, and the SMC card >> are all that's in it. >> >> Any tips appreciated. > >I have over a half-dozen boxes with Etherpower 10/100 cards (all running >10MB mode right now) and have seen *zero* trouble. The "de" driver appears >to work just fine for us here. > >We're running Pentia-166 CPUs with Adaptec PCI disk adapters in these. I >believe the boards are Tyans. We've found a couple of motherboards that dont like the SMC card..dont know why they just hang. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX