From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 12 12:43:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA17251 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:43:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stoner.nsg.bc.ca (stoner.nsg.bc.ca [199.175.2.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA17244 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:43:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.nsg.bc.ca (localhost.nsg.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) by stoner.nsg.bc.ca (8.8.5/8.7.2) with SMTP id MAA08901 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:43:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707121943.MAA08901@stoner.nsg.bc.ca> X-Authentication-Warning: stoner.nsg.bc.ca: localhost.nsg.bc.ca [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SMC 9332BDT Ethernet Card Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:43:12 -0700 From: Donald Acton Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Due to conditions beyond my control, I have a couple of Pentium II 266 machines with 64MB of RAM with the SMC 9332BDT 10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet cards connected to our 10Mbs Ethernet by a non-switching hub. I am not having much luck getting these cards to work reliably under FreeBSD 2.2.2 and am wondering if I am missing something. A search of past messages, the FAQ, etc gives me a mixed impression about whether or not this card can be used. Some people seem to get it to work while others don't seem to have much luck. Following various bits of advice I uncovered in my search, I got newer versions of the de driver (July 3 1997) and built a new kernel. In examining the de code, it looks like 9332BDT is supported. Now at least when the card is brought to life it eventually gets into 10baseT mode. (What I would expect, prior to the latest drivers that didn't happen.) I can perform a ping and make connections. However, if I do a ping flood, or a large ftp the packet loss rate is in excess of 50%, there are error messages reporting that the system is out of io buffers and the driver "hangs" and no more packets are sent. If I disable and enable the interface the packet flow sometimes starts up again, but not always. So, I am wondering if there is any simple fix to this problem (a particular link option?) and would be interested in any help you can direct my way. Unfortunately, getting a different card is not an option. Thanks in advance for any help and here are the log messages: Jul 11 11:30:12 tofino /kernel: de0 rev 34 int a irq 11 on pci0:10 Jul 11 11:30:12 tofino /kernel: de0: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2 Jul 11 11:30:12 tofino /kernel: de0: address 00:e0:29:06:3c:d2 Jul 11 11:30:13 tofino /kernel: de0: media: 1="10baseT" 2="Full Duplex 10baseT" 3="100baseTX" 4="Full Duplex 100baseTX" Jul 11 11:30:20 tofino /kernel: de0: autosense failed: cable problem? Jul 11 11:32:05 tofino /kernel: de0: enabling 10baseT port Donald Acton acton@opentext.com