Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:13:25 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does SMC9332BDT work in 2.2.2R?? Message-ID: <19970609071325.32556@luke.pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <19970609130430.15404@mi.uni-koeln.de>; from Stefan Esser on Mon, Jun 09, 1997 at 01:04:30PM %2B0200 References: <19970607104634.19370@luke.pmr.com> <3.0.1.32.19970607123815.006bc784@ranier.altavista-software.com> <19970607153951.39100@luke.pmr.com> <19970609130430.15404@mi.uni-koeln.de>
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On Mon, Jun 09, 1997 at 01:04:30PM +0200, Stefan Esser wrote: > On Jun 7, Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 07, 1997 at 12:38:15PM -0400, Matt Thomas wrote: > > > At 10:46 AM 6/7/97 -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: > > > >I am trying to install some SMC9332BDT ethernet cards in some of > > > >my systems here with no success. > > > > > > grab http://www.3am-software.com/de-970603.tar.gz > > > > Hmm, my previous response indicating success may have been a bit > > premature. The above referenced driver works ok on one of my 166MHz > > Pentium systems but fails on my 233MHz PentiumPro system. Looks > > like there might be a timing or compatibility problem there. The > > mother board is an ASUS P/I-XP6NP5 with 128MB of memory and all 5 > > PCI slots populated (3 SCSI adapters [NCR/SYMBIOS] and a #9 GXE64Pro > > graphics card are in the other 4). > > > > The system gets through probing and boot ok, but as it starts to > > bring up network daemons they either hang or get RPC timeouts. > > BTW, this behavior is the same with either my new SMC9332DBT or my > > old 21040 based card (its DEC adapter, but I don't know model number > > off hand) > > Not sure whether this is actually what hit you, > but there is one feature of PCI motherboards > with more than 4 PCI slots, that is worth > mentioning: > > If you got 5 PCI slots, then you may still only > have 4 PCI bus-master devices, since that is the > maximum supported by current Intel PCI chip sets > (don't have too much information a> > > I have my graphics card in the last (5th) slot since it isn't a bus master card. Note also that an older DEC 21040 based card and a new Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B do work in this slot. It is possible that I am having wiring problems though (I haven't reinstalled the SMC card since discovering that the two 100BaseTX hubs that I have don't cascade reliably) so the problem may not be due to the SMC card afterall. Thanks, -- Bob Willcox Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made bob@luke.pmr.com President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Austin, TX -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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