Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 11:32:37 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) To: Tommy Johnson <tjohnson@csgrad.cs.vt.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: de driver bug? Message-ID: <199608211532.LAA13581@etinc.com>
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>>> that it is having connection problems. Unless you have a flakey network >>> it could be a flakey card. >> >>Ok...this is the scoop. >> >>I have a '486 PCI MB (ACER) with a genuine SMC ethernet card. The >>identical hardware (tested by swapping out hard disks).... > >My scoop: >PCI SMC Etherpower 10baseT/10base2 ethernet card, on a dual 586-100 (labeled >"pentium" though). > >> >>1) Works in FreeBSD 2.1.0R >>2) Works in Linux 2.0.0 >>3) Doesnt work in FreeBSD 2.1.5R. The installation boot procedure (NFS) >>fails,and a system built on another machine finds but cannot use the de card. > >Exact same thing: worked with FreeBSD 2.1 Release, FreeBSD 2.2-current (end >of July) broke it. > >My Fix: >I use 10base2, and it never said "de0: enabling Thinwire/BNC port" after >I installed FreeBSD-current. So I figured the media probe failed, and added > >/* Added by TOJ, to attempt to force 10base2 */ >sc->tulip_media=TULIP_MEDIA_BNC; >/* End TOJ */ > >at line 1842 of /usr/src/sys/pci/if_de.c > >Its worked ever since. Alas, this isnt the problem I'm seeing (I've tried 2.1.5 on a different MB...a pentium and it still doesnt work). I get the "enabling AUI...or 10baseT" message (I've tried both BNC and TP)...still no good. I'm going to try the 2.1R driver in 2.1.5 to see if that works..... Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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