From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 22 10:36:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA20262 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:36:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA20256 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:36:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from multivac.orthanc.com (root@multivac.orthanc.com [206.12.238.2]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA03577 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:34:26 -0800 Received: from localhost (lyndon@localhost) by multivac.orthanc.com (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA27509; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:21:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199603221821.KAA27509@multivac.orthanc.com> From: Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP To: Juha Inkari cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3c590 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 Mar 1996 11:41:27 +0200." <199603220941.LAA23453@lk-hp-20.hut.fi> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:21:40 -0800 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Juha" == Juha Inkari writes: >> have the problem. (Anything after revision A boards should be >> fine. Mine are revision C.) >> The bug is documented in the _PCI/EISA Bus-Master Adapter >> Driver Technical Reference_ (3COM part number 09-0681-001A). Juha> Thanks. My card says it's: 3C590C ^ 03-0046-001 REV D ^^^ ^ I have the 3C595, assy # 03-0027-001 rev C. I have a different card which explains the version number differences. Juha> The ^ marked are handwritten. Would this actually be a bug Juha> in the vx driver, then ? I doubt it. There is an EEPROM bit used to flag the bug. If the bit is 0 the bug exists. If the bit is set to 1 it means the bug has been fixed. Unless the driver totally botched the test the message should be valid. (I haven't looked at that specific part of the driver code ...) --lyndon