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Date:      Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:23:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Christopher Shumway <cshumway@bsdi.com>
To:        Janet Sullivan <eliyanah@redrivernet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Intel PRO/100 (i82557) Server Adapter not seen by fxp.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012081622100.69748-100000@pike.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A308318.71A075E8@redrivernet.com>

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On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Janet Sullivan wrote:

> Christopher Shumway wrote:
>  
> > The Intelligent Server Adapter has a PCI ID of 0x5201.  The driver code,
> > /usr/src/sys/pci/if_fxpreg.h defines the device ID for the i82557 as
> > 0x1030, which is of course not what this partitular card is.
> > 
> > One idea would be to edit if_fxpreg.h and replace this line:
> > 
> > #define FXP_DEVICEID_i82559     0x1030  /* New 82559 device id.. */
> > 
> > With this line:
> > 
> > #define FXP_DEVICEID_i82559     0x5201  /* New 82559 device id.. */
> > 
> > and then recompile a kernel.
> > 
> > It *may* Just Work[tm].  
> 
> Unfortunately, it didn't.  As soon as I tried to use ifconfig to give
> the card an ip address, it locked the machine up solid.  Upon reboot,
> here is what ifconfig -a reports (fxp0 is the Intelligent Server
> Adapter, fxp1 is an i82558).
> 
> ifconfig snippit:
> 
> fxp0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
>         media: manual
>         supported media: manual

Ick.  It appears this card is just diffrent enough that the fxp driver
doesn't understand it.  

> fxp1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.23.4 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 192.168.23.7
>         ether 00:a0:c9:a0:ff:a4
>         media: 100baseTX <full-duplex> status: active
>         supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP                          
> 
> 
> dmesg snippit:
> 
> fxp0: <Intel InBusiness 10/100 Ethernet> mem 0xe1000000-0xe11fffff irq 9
> at devi
> ce 18.1 on pci0
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:00:00:00:00:00
> fxp1: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xe800-0xe81f mem
> 0xe1200000-0xe12f
> ffff,0xe1300000-0xe1300fff irq 3 at device 19.0 on pci0
> fxp1: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:a0:ff:a4
> 
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