Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:50:21 -0500 (EST) From: "David S. Madole" <david@madole.net> To: "Adam Kaufman" <adam_kaufman@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-tokenring@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oltr driver Message-ID: <33068.12.148.10.20.1069188621.squirrel@ssl.omd3.com> In-Reply-To: <20031118195039.47995.qmail@web10505.mail.yahoo.com> References: <63929.12.148.10.20.1069181864.squirrel@ssl.omd3.com> <20031118195039.47995.qmail@web10505.mail.yahoo.com>
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>> I have gotten the OC-3118 working for a project of >> mine. It's a quick hack but it works. You can get >> the replacement if_oltr.c file from: > > Thanks, but these are for production machines and I'd > like something a little more solid. Interesting -- that's the first time I've heard "token ring" and "production" used in the same context in a couple of years :) I didn't mean to suggest it wsn't solid. I've been using it continuously for a year or so. The only real issues with it are: it can't be compiled without PCI support also, and it's only known to work with the OC-3118 in PnP mode. I would be willing to fix these issues if anyone is interested in it. I offered about a year ago on the list and no one took me up on it, and it works as well as I need to the way it is, so it's stayed that way. > I think I'll buy some cards that are well supported. > Which would be the best token ring cards (PCI or ISA) > to use for FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.1? I'm not sure you could say any cards are "well supported". The Olicom PCI cards are, I beleive, the only cards supported in standard kernel sources. I have used the OC-3137 for a couple of years. The driver is a bit overzealous in logging soft ring errors like insertion of other nodes, but is basically reliable. I have "tweaked" the driver myself to inhibit some of the logging. You should see Matthew Dodd's page at http://www.jurai.net/~winter/tr/ for more details on drivers. He has several in various stages of being "in the works." David
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