Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:30:13 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "Chris Neustrup" <chrisn@geoworks.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: More ethernet interfaces Message-ID: <00e201c0d9b9$ecdda620$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <safa7900.083@smtp.geoworks.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Neustrup > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:18 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: More ethernet interfaces > > > Thanks to answers from people on this list, I've gotten my > ethernet interface working to my local lan. I now would like to > try some other boards that I have that are different/better: > > 1. I don't find the specific board listed in the LINT or other > places that describe what ethernet boards are supported. > Specifically an SMC 8216C. There are a few other SMC boards > listed, but most support seems to be for 3com boards. > I've also gotten some Intel boards that are not listed. I think > the answer here may be the chip set that the board is based on. > If this is the case then where can I find chip sets corresonded > with the ethernet driver? 8216C works fine under FreeBSD... I've had one running 3.1-Release in the past. I believe it used the same driver as the 8013 cards. The card is based on the SMC Ether Elite chip, as far as I remember. > 2. How do I get the parameters (IRQ/mem/I/O) for these boards to > build into the kernel? They are no longer jumpered on the board > and are done in software. So do I ignore the problem and let the > dirver init code probe and do the dirty work? That board should have a jumper setting to determine the settings, or it can be configured as PnP and you can download the software to do the configuration for it from SMC. If you need help finding it, let me know. I believe I have one of the disks around here somewhere. > 3. Is there any concerted effort anywhere to build a > driver/manual/schematic database for these or even more broadly > any PC boards in computers? I believe that microsoft has a > database of over 10,000 boards. Is there any project to gather > this information for the open source community? I believe that > this may entail some sort of intellectual property issues, but > creative transcription may be very useful here. SMC has all of the documentation you would need for it available on-line. If you can't find it, let me know. And if I can't find it, we'll get ahold of their tech support folks, who actually seem to be on the ball about supporting the claim of lifetime support for their hardware. When was the last time that 3Com offered lifetime tech support on their hardware, even if you weren't the original purchaser? --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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