From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 20 20:49:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C66D37B718; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:49:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2L4o9438335; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:50:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:50:04 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Mike Smith Cc: , Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity 5500 Network adapter In-Reply-To: <200103192319.f2JNJPg11805@mass.dis.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Removing the network cord from the card while the kernel is loading does fix the problem. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > > Now, the next problem with this 5500 is the network adapter, it is the > > standard onboard adapter which is detected as a pcn card, AMD Am79C79x PCI > > 10/100 NICs. After the kernel and the pcn driver are loaded the nic card > > seems to get turned off. No link light at either end. > > > > Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this problem? > > Yes, this was reported just recently. The chap submitting the report > noted that if you boot with the cable removed, and then insert it after > the system is up, the link is detected correctly. > > I've copied Bill Paul (the pcn driver author) on this, since he may not > yet be aware of the problem, or may want to work with you to resolve it. > > > I noticed in the LINT config file that this type of adapter used to be > > handled by the lnc driver, is there a way to disable the pcn driver in the > > install floppies so that I can find out if the lnc driver will work? > > It won't; I've already tried it on these machines. > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6uDMBv8Bofna59hYRAqy6AKCwFj+BfEFFmUEBBXNOYPWHInG2UgCgq1tM qbmM98TxpVu0Qk+ZfCnCrns= =N8ym -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message