From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Apr 23 12:59:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from taurus.cs.albany.edu (taurus.cs.albany.edu [169.226.2.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B9B37B42C; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:59:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from maniatty@cs.albany.edu) Received: from slowpoke.cs.albany.edu (slowpoke.cs.albany.edu [169.226.2.176]) by taurus.cs.albany.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA02623; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:58:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200104231958.PAA02623@taurus.cs.albany.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: maniatty@cs.albany.edu Subject: Current (as of 04/23/2001) 1000BaseT NICS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:54:03 -0400 From: "William A. Maniatty" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello All: I'm trying to configure a cluster, and would like to employ some of the current cost effective NICS (less than $200/NIC). I've tried the newsgroups to no-avail, can anyone make specific recommendations. I'd like to try both Linux and FreeBSD on the nodes, and was thinking that perhaps some vendors were releasing cards with compatible chip sets but that the on-line documentation had fallen out of date. Among the vendor offerings under consideration include the: 1) 3COM 3C996T 2) Asante Giganix 1000T (or 1000TPC) Can anyone tell me why the Asante Giganix is NOT listed under the revision 1.113, but not under revision 1.39.2.39 of the file: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT Regards: Bill Maniatty -- |------------------------------------------| |Dr. William (Bill) A. Maniatty | |Assistant Professor | |Dept. of Computer Science | |University At Albany | |Albany, NY 12222 | |------------------------------------------| |Phone: (518) 442-4281 | |e-mail: maniatty@cs.albany.edu | |URL: http://www.cs.albany.edu/~maniatty| |------------------------------------------| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Apr 23 18:24:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from taurus.cs.albany.edu (taurus.cs.albany.edu [169.226.2.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BDA237B423 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:24:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from maniatty@cs.albany.edu) Received: from slowpoke.cs.albany.edu (slowpoke.cs.albany.edu [169.226.2.176]) by taurus.cs.albany.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA03859 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:23:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200104240123.VAA03859@taurus.cs.albany.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Is 3COM 3C996-T supported via Alteon Driver? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:19:06 -0400 From: "William A. Maniatty" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello All: I'm in the process of configuring a cluster and noticed that 3COM had recently purchased Alteon and was making a 3C996-T 10/100/1000 BaseT cards. Can the Alteon Tigon drivers support this card? Regards: Bill Maniatty To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Apr 23 19:30: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ntr.net (ha1.ntr.net [206.112.0.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A67B237B42C for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:29:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from overby@rrnet.com) Received: from mail.ntr.net (1Cust77.tnt14.minneapolis.mn.da.uu.net [63.11.73.77]) by ntr.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA10329 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:29:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:29:47 -0400 (EDT) From: overby@rrnet.com Message-Id: <200104240229.WAA10329@ntr.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Trouble with Sony CRX-140E CD-RW Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm having trouble getting my ASUS A7V133 (Athlon Thunderbird @ 900mhz) and Sony CRX-140E CDRW working. During the device probe, the drive fails to respond to a MODE_SENSE_BIG command. I have 4.2-RELEASE installed, but have also tried the 4.3-RC3 and 5.0 boot floppies. All hang. Here's what I've tried (console messages were transcribed manually): The drive is connected as the Primary Master. boot with 'kernel -v' ata0-master: piomode=4 dmamode=2 udmamode=2 dmaflag=1 ata0-master: success setting PIO4 on generic chip (then hang) The drive is connected as the Primary Slave atapci0: ATA-4 disk at ata2-master -- my IDE hard disk ... ata0-slave: piomode=4 dmamode=2 udmamode=2 dmaflag=1 ata0-slave: success setting PIO4 on generic chip (null): MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting ata0: resettting devices .. That's not much information. So I built a GENERIC kernel with a few tweeks. In atapicd.h, I added: #define ACD_DEBUG 1 #define ATAPI_DEBUG 1 I then got some more info from the device probe (with the drive configured as MASTER): (null): queueing MODE_SENSE_BIG ccb = 5a-00-2a-... (null): starting MODE_SENSE_BIG ccb = ditto (null): MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. (hangs) I added: #define ATA_DEBUG 1 and got: ad4: 29188MB ... -- my IDE hard disk ata0-master: ata_command: addr-01f0, cmd=ef, c=0, h=0, s=0, count=12, feature=3, flags=03 (null): queueing MODE_SENSE_BIG ccb = 5a-00-2a-... (null): starting MODE_SENSE_BIG ccb = ditto ata0-master: ata_command: addr=01f0, cmd=a0, c=30, h=0, s=0, count=0, feature=0, flags=01 (null): MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. I looked up the A0 command in the IDE spec, and it is the PACKET command. I'd like to hear from anyone who has this drive working, has ideas about how to get it working, or suggestions about where to go from here. Thanks, Glen Overby To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Apr 23 23:58:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from catastrophe.net (ss189-189.dvsn-chi-il.outlook.net [208.45.189.189]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7D3937B43C for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:58:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eric@catastrophe.net) Received: (qmail 3466 invoked by uid 1002); 24 Apr 2001 06:58:25 -0000 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:58:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Reply-To: To: Subject: Booting IntelCA810E + Adaptec 2100S Message-ID: Organization: http://www.catastrophe.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello - I have a problem booting my machine which is an Intel CA810E motherboard and an Adaptec 2100S RAID controller. FreeBSD is installed on the RAID. I get A: Drive Error Press F1 to Continue IF I hit F1, I get to the FreeBSD boot manager. I've tried most combinations in the BIOS, and won't have a floppy on this machine for real. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 24 0: 6:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx.databus.com (p101-44.acedsl.com [160.79.101.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE2537B42C for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:06:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from barney@mx.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by mx.databus.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f3O76Lg08765; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 03:06:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from barney) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 03:06:20 -0400 From: Barney Wolff To: overby@rrnet.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble with Sony CRX-140E CD-RW Message-ID: <20010424030620.A8744@mx.databus.com> References: <200104240229.WAA10329@ntr.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200104240229.WAA10329@ntr.net>; from overby@rrnet.com on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 10:29:47PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The 140 works fine for me, on all versions 4.2...4.3. I'd suspect h/w - controller, cable or drive. Barney Wolff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 24 10:14:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from i-zone.demon.co.uk (pc-62-31-234-68-se.blueyonder.co.uk [62.31.234.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BD5D37B423 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfm@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: (from jfm@localhost) by i-zone.demon.co.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f3OHEhX38963 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:14:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jfm) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:14:38 +0100 From: John To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: vr NIC device (DCom) problems Message-ID: <20010424181438.A37615@i-zone.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Forwarded message from John ----- From: John Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:37:11 +0100 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd-org Subject: vr NIC device (DCom) User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Hello (this machine running 4.3-RC) Has anyone had a problem with the "vr" device? I have a VIA VT6102 Rhine II 10/100BaseTX running at 10Mb. The interface comes up fine and pings fine but transfers are terrible. I get 8k/s in one direction and 800k in another. When the same machine is rigged with an SMC ISA NIC running ed0 the transfers are normal speed for 10Mb ethernet. The other machine has 3COM 3C590 Etherlink III PCI (also a 10/100) using the vx0 device (this appears to run fine) is there a known issue with "vr"? cheers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 24 13:29:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from taurus.cs.albany.edu (taurus.cs.albany.edu [169.226.2.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093D437B423 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:29:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from maniatty@cs.albany.edu) Received: from slowpoke.cs.albany.edu (slowpoke.cs.albany.edu [169.226.2.176]) by taurus.cs.albany.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA07738; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:28:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200104242028.QAA07738@taurus.cs.albany.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "William A. Maniatty" Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 3COM 3C996-T supported via Alteon Driver? In-Reply-To: Message from "William A. Maniatty" of "Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:19:06 EDT." <200104240123.VAA03859@taurus.cs.albany.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:24:01 -0400 From: "William A. Maniatty" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hello All: > > I'm in the process of configuring a cluster and noticed that 3COM > had recently purchased Alteon and was making a 3C996-T 10/100/1000 BaseT > cards. Can the Alteon Tigon drivers support this card? After a bit of poking around, and discussion with 3Com's tech support, they have confirmed that this card is NOT Alteon based. In fact, most of the current crop of 10/100/1000 BaseT cards are based on broadcom's recent chipset, (I'm not sure which chip, possibly the BMC5401 or the BMC5402). I don't think that there are FreeBSD drivers for these cards (due in some part to reasons discussed below). Other FreeBSD friendly vendors (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to give names here) have confirmed that they too are preparing cards with the same technology. I've heard rumors that the chip supplies are currently limited, so that card availability might be limited until late May. Regards: Bill -- |------------------------------------------| |Dr. William (Bill) A. Maniatty | |Assistant Professor | |Dept. of Computer Science | |University At Albany | |Albany, NY 12222 | |------------------------------------------| |Phone: (518) 442-4281 | |e-mail: maniatty@cs.albany.edu | |URL: http://www.cs.albany.edu/~maniatty| |------------------------------------------| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 24 18: 7:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from cody.jharris.com (cody.jharris.com [205.238.128.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2587E37B42C for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:07:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick@rogness.net) Received: from localhost (nick@localhost) by cody.jharris.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f3P2FZc35280 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:15:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nick@rogness.net) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:15:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Nick Rogness X-Sender: nick@cody.jharris.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: High-Point 368 ATA RAID controller 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 I seen you have support for the Highpoint 370 RAID controller and I was wondering if any work will be done for the 368 RAID contoller (1 step down from the 370). The boot-loader sees 1 disk (when mirrored), but the kernel sees 2 independent disks and writes from 1 disk do not sync on the second :-( I do not know if the 370 does the same thing. Thanks! Nick Rogness - Keep on Routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 25 1: 7:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from edwin.mounet.com (edwin.mounet.com [216.145.76.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D619637B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:07:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hornback@wireco.net) Received: (qmail 27600 invoked by uid 0); 25 Apr 2001 08:03:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tomcat) (216.145.67.12) by mounet.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2001 08:03:52 -0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Cc: "FreeBSD Hardware" Subject: RE: Install problem Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:02:16 -0400 Message-ID: <010a01c0cd5e$0b6a2720$0e00000a@tomcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 In-Reply-To: <00f901c0cb09$a9778360$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted > Mittelstaedt > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 4:53 AM > To: Andrew C. Hornback; genocide@adelphia.net > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: RE: Install problem >=20 > > What you are running into is the wonderful foresight of=20 > >IBM's engineers when they came up with MCA, back in the mid 80s. =20 > >MCA doesn't allow hardware to occupy an IRQ, as the rest of the=20 > >world understands it. >=20 > Actually, the MCA bus is a lot like the PCI bus. IBM wanted to > permit interrupt sharing so they did, and actually the MCA > bus had dozens to hundreds of technical advancements over ISA. MCA also has a slot similar to PCI, physically. But, as a bit of = trivia for the uninitiated, there are three different MCA slots which = makes putting older MCA hardware to work a bit more challenging. =20 =20 > At the time that MCA came out, there were MANY motherboard > manufacturers that were wanting to implement it on their boards. > Unfortunately, IBM got greedy and demanded very steep licensing > fees. As a result, the rest of the industry came up with EISA > which is technically poorer. Otherwise, today we would all be running > MCA. I always figured it was something like that, since IBM had lost it's = stake in the PC market due to licensing the technology out, and the fact = that Phoenix BIOS was out there for the clones to be built with. I = figured it was either the licensing cost, or the fact that the "Big = Five" wanted to show IBM who was boss, as a power play. (feels like he = needs to dust off his old issues of Byte, for nostalgia's sake) > > As much as I hate to say it, there is a version of Linux=20 > >that will run on MCA, if you can find it. And I believe Solaris=20 > >might run on it, but that would be an old version as Sol8 doesn't=20 > >even support ISA anymore. > > > > IBM builds good, strong, solid hardware... your machine=20 > >still being around and in good running shape is a testament to=20 > >that. Just good luck in finding software that'll work with their=20 > >quirky "next generation" architecture... >=20 > OS/2 anyone? Got a shrinkwrapped copy of it sitting on my desk. *grins* --- Andy Obligatory FreeBSD content - I didn't realize that there was a version = of FreeBSD with support for the MCA bus. What's the URL for the info on = that puppy? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 25 16:21:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ssabsd.csw.net (ssabsd.csw.net [209.136.201.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2367D37B42C for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:21:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lambert@ssabsd.csw.net) Received: by ssabsd.csw.net (Postfix, from userid 1002) id E13AA120; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:21:50 -0500 (CDT) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on VA Linux Hardware In-Reply-To: <20010328204131.A53978@panzer.kdm.org> References: <28139506.985834968136.JavaMail.imail@dotty.excite.com> <20010328204131.A53978@panzer.kdm.org> Reply-To: lambert@cswnet.com Message-Id: <20010425232150.E13AA120@ssabsd.csw.net> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:21:50 -0500 (CDT) From: lambert@ssabsd.csw.net (Scott Lambert) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In muc.lists.freebsd.hardware, you wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 19:02:48 -0800, Steve Bano wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was wondering if anybody has had success running FreeBSD on VA Linux >> Systems hardware and could offer their experiences. I am spec'ing two >> systems which may either both run Linux, or one may run Linux and the >> other FreeBSD. Either way, I'd like the flexibility to be able to run either >> OS, in the event I need or want to swap or change systems around. >> >> Aside from general hardware compatibility, I'm also particularly interested >> in SMP support for FreeBSD on these systems. > > Their 2U systems work fine with FreeBSD. I've got a 2200 series box > running both Red Hat and FreeBSD-current (with SMP enabled). > I have 6 1000 series boxes runing FreeBSD. Most are Dual Processor boxes. I have 6 1200 series boxes sitting in the server room waiting to be installed. They shouldn't be a problem. -- Scott Lambert System Administrator CenturyTel Internet scottla@centurytel.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 26 11:33: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 618) id 9F6C737B422; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:32:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Is 3COM 3C996-T supported via Alteon Driver? In-Reply-To: <200104242028.QAA07738@taurus.cs.albany.edu> from "William A. Maniatty" at "Apr 24, 2001 04:24:01 pm" To: maniatty@cs.albany.edu (William A. Maniatty) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:32:54 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20010426183254.9F6C737B422@hub.freebsd.org> From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Hello All: > > > > I'm in the process of configuring a cluster and noticed that 3COM > > had recently purchased Alteon and was making a 3C996-T 10/100/1000 BaseT > > cards. Can the Alteon Tigon drivers support this card? > > After a bit of poking around, and discussion with 3Com's tech support, > they have confirmed that this card is NOT Alteon based. In fact, > most of the current crop of 10/100/1000 BaseT cards are based on > broadcom's recent chipset, (I'm not sure which chip, possibly > the BMC5401 or the BMC5402). I don't think that there are FreeBSD > drivers for these cards (due in some part to reasons discussed below). > > Other FreeBSD friendly vendors (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to give names > here) have confirmed that they too are preparing cards with the same > technology. I've heard rumors that the chip supplies are currently limited, > so that card availability might be limited until late May. The 3c996 uses the Broadcom BCM5700, also known as the Tigon 3. Apparently, Alteon 'outsourced' the development of the Tigon 3 to Broadcom, and 3Com has some right to it now that they own Alteon's NIC division. The BCM5400 and 5401 are PHY (transceiver) chips, not MACs. I have been trying to get Broadcom to give me a copy of the BCM5700 programming manual, but have been left somewhat out if left field. My last contact with them was a few weeks ago, when they told me they needed approval from yet another management droid of some kind, who hasn't responded to either my phone messages or my e-mail. The Tigon 3 doesn't look *too* different from the Tigon 2, based on what I've seen in the Linux driver. (Yes, they wrote a Linux driver, but not a BSD driver.) One major difference is that the firmware seems to now reside in the chip itself, which saves you from having to load it from the driver. In the meantime, I'm currently working on drivers for the National Semiconductor DP83820 and Level 1 LXT1001 gigabig MAC chips. The Level 1 part can be found on the D-Link DGE-500SX and a couple of SMC cards. The NatSemi chip is being used on cards by D-Link (DGE-500T), Asante and Addtron. Getting the DP83820 manual was easy (it's on National's web site). Getting the LXT1001 manual took some arm twisting, but Intel (who now owns Level 1) finally agreed to let D-Link release it to me without NDA. Unfortunately, the BSDi/Wind River deal still hasn't quite closed yet, which is preventing me from ordering hardware. I'm doing as much of the gruntwork as I can, but I can't do actual testing until I can get some sample NICs. Everyone will know once I'm done. -Bill ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (925) 691-2800 | Systems Programmer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@osd.bsdi.com | BSDi Open Source Solutions ============================================================================= "I like zees guys. Zey are fonny guys. Just keel one of zem." -- The 3 Amigos ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 26 12:35: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from borg-cube.com (226-193.adsl2.netlojix.net [207.71.226.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778DF37B42C; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:34:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@borg-cube.com) Received: from satellite.wireless.borg-cube.com (satellite.wireless.borg-cube.com [192.168.1.1]) by borg-cube.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3QJYwH74426; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:34:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@borg-cube.com) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:34:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr of Borg To: FreeBSD Questions Cc: FreeBSD Hardware , Donald Burr of Borg Subject: FreeBSD support for Intel 815EM integrated Ethernet? Message-ID: <20010426122733.B3040-100000@scoutship.collective.borg-cube.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Note: please direct replies to freebsd-hardware] 'Morning all, I just purchased a Sony Vaio PCG-FX120 laptop. Pentium III 700MHz, 192 MB RAM, 13.3" active matrix 1024x768 LCD, built in Ethernet LAN, modem, and sound. Really nice machine; I really like it. This machine uses the Intel 815EM integrated mobile chipset. And, like I mentioned before, it contains a built in 10/100 Ethernet NIC. It would be nice to be able to get the built in 10/100 Ethernet to work under FreeBSD. It claims to be "82557 compatible", and the Windows drivers identify it as a "Intel Pro/100 VE" adapter. According to the Intel datasheets, it is a "82562ET/82562EM Platform LAN Connect Solution". Actually, it seems that FreeBSD "almost" works with it. The fxp device driver seems to detect it, and FreeBSD puts up a valiant effort to get it configured and up and running, but this effort ultimately fails. fxp0: irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci1 fxp0: could not map memory device_probe_and_attach: fxp0 attach returned 6 Is there On a side note, is there any hope of getting XFree86-4 going on this graphics chip (Intel 815EM)? Last I heard, you needed some special gyrations to get the AGP going, and the only supported platform for that was under Linux, using a kernel module; has this changed with the latest XFree86-4 release? Any and all help appreciated, thanks! -- Donald Burr of Borg | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ #16997506 | http://www.freebsd.org/ P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 \----------------------------- Phone: (805)957-9666 Present Day... Present Time! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 26 15:27:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from borg-cube.com (226-193.adsl2.netlojix.net [207.71.226.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0AA637B423; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:27:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@borg-cube.com) Received: from borg-cube.com (dburr@borg-cube.com [207.71.226.193]) by borg-cube.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3QMRLH36544; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@borg-cube.com) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr of Borg To: FreeBSD Questions Cc: FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Intel 815EM integrated Ethernet? In-Reply-To: <20010426122733.B3040-100000@scoutship.collective.borg-cube.com> Message-ID: <20010426152546.Q36434-100000@borg-cube.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [again, please direct replies to -hardware] On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Donald Burr of Borg wrote: DBoB>This machine uses the Intel 815EM integrated mobile chipset. And, like I DBoB>mentioned before, it contains a built in 10/100 Ethernet NIC. DBoB> DBoB>It would be nice to be able to get the built in 10/100 Ethernet to work DBoB>under FreeBSD. It claims to be "82557 compatible", and the Windows DBoB>drivers identify it as a "Intel Pro/100 VE" adapter. According to the DBoB>Intel datasheets, it is a "82562ET/82562EM Platform LAN Connect Solution". DBoB> DBoB>Actually, it seems that FreeBSD "almost" works with it. The fxp device DBoB>driver seems to detect it, and FreeBSD puts up a valiant effort to get it DBoB>configured and up and running, but this effort ultimately fails. DBoB> DBoB>fxp0: irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci1 DBoB>fxp0: could not map memory DBoB>device_probe_and_attach: fxp0 attach returned 6 DBoB> DBoB>Is there Ack. Brain fart. What I *meant* to say here is: "Is there any support, either current or planned, for this chip? Would prefer to have support in 4.x, but if I must run CURRENT, then so be it." Oh yeah, one other note: The Linux equivalent of the FXP driver (in the 2.4.x kernel) works perfectly with this chip. But, naturally, I would much rather run FreeBSD on this machine! :) -- Donald Burr of Borg | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ #16997506 | http://www.freebsd.org/ P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 \----------------------------- Phone: (805)957-9666 Present Day... Present Time! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 26 15:39:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from digital.csudsu.com (digital.csudsu.com [209.249.57.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3569137B422; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:39:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stefan@csudsu.com) Received: by digital.csudsu.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A57FC22E02; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:36:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by digital.csudsu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C911F002; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:36:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:36:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Stefan Molnar To: Donald Burr of Borg Cc: FreeBSD Questions , FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Intel 815EM integrated Ethernet? In-Reply-To: <20010426152546.Q36434-100000@borg-cube.com> 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 Turn off PNP OS in the vaio bios, and load the agp module for X On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Donald Burr of Borg wrote: > [again, please direct replies to -hardware] > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Donald Burr of Borg wrote: > > DBoB>This machine uses the Intel 815EM integrated mobile chipset. And, like I > DBoB>mentioned before, it contains a built in 10/100 Ethernet NIC. > DBoB> > DBoB>It would be nice to be able to get the built in 10/100 Ethernet to work > DBoB>under FreeBSD. It claims to be "82557 compatible", and the Windows > DBoB>drivers identify it as a "Intel Pro/100 VE" adapter. According to the > DBoB>Intel datasheets, it is a "82562ET/82562EM Platform LAN Connect Solution". > DBoB> > DBoB>Actually, it seems that FreeBSD "almost" works with it. The fxp device > DBoB>driver seems to detect it, and FreeBSD puts up a valiant effort to get it > DBoB>configured and up and running, but this effort ultimately fails. > DBoB> > DBoB>fxp0: irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci1 > DBoB>fxp0: could not map memory > DBoB>device_probe_and_attach: fxp0 attach returned 6 > DBoB> > DBoB>Is there > > Ack. Brain fart. What I *meant* to say here is: > > "Is there any support, either current or planned, for this chip? Would > prefer to have support in 4.x, but if I must run CURRENT, then so be it." > > Oh yeah, one other note: The Linux equivalent of the FXP driver (in the > 2.4.x kernel) works perfectly with this chip. But, naturally, I would > much rather run FreeBSD on this machine! :) > -- > Donald Burr of Borg | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! > WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ #16997506 | http://www.freebsd.org/ > P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 \----------------------------- > Phone: (805)957-9666 Present Day... Present Time! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 26 20: 7:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.sentex.ca (smtp2.sentex.ca [199.212.134.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7760037B424 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:07:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from chimp.simianscience.com (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smtp2.sentex.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f3R37Mt64915; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:07:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: dburr@borg-cube.com (Donald Burr of Borg) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Intel 815EM integrated Ethernet? Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:07:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 26 Apr 2001 15:35:15 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware you = wrote: >Actually, it seems that FreeBSD "almost" works with it. The fxp device >driver seems to detect it, and FreeBSD puts up a valiant effort to get = it >configured and up and running, but this effort ultimately fails. > >fxp0: irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci1 >fxp0: could not map memory >device_probe_and_attach: fxp0 attach returned 6 Turn _off_ "Plug and Play OS" in your BIOS. ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) =09 Sentex Communications Corp, =09 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers=20 could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 27 2:59:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from blake.arcadia.spb.ru (ns.arcadia.spb.ru [212.119.177.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F8B37B423 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:59:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Lev.Serebryakov@arcadia.spb.ru) Received: from anti.arcadia.spb.ru (anti.arcadia.spb.ru [212.119.177.3] (may be forged)) by blake.arcadia.spb.ru (8.9.2/8.8.6) with SMTP id OAA15454 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:20:44 +0400 (MSD) Received: from LEV ([172.16.16.85]:1552) (HELO dhcp85.arcadia.intranet) by anti.arcadia.spb.ru ([212.119.177.3]:25) (F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail 5.0.53 Release) with SMTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:47:52 -0000 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:56:11 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.46d) Personal Reply-To: Lev Serebryakov Organization: Arcadia, Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <106933707890.20010427135611@arcadia.spb.ru> To: All Subject: Problems with two equal HDDs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello All, I need to install FreeBSD 4.3 on computer with two equal HDDs IBM DTLA 307030. HDDs was bought in one store, in one time. BIOS sees this disks with same geometry, but FreeBSD's fdsik sees it as: ad0 -- 3737/255/63 ad2 -- 59560/16/63 -- Best regards, Lev mailto:Lev.Serebryakov@arcadia.spb.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 27 3: 1:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from blake.arcadia.spb.ru (ns.arcadia.spb.ru [212.119.177.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0311937B423 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 03:01:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Lev.Serebryakov@arcadia.spb.ru) Received: from anti.arcadia.spb.ru (anti.arcadia.spb.ru [212.119.177.3] (may be forged)) by blake.arcadia.spb.ru (8.9.2/8.8.6) with SMTP id OAA17096 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:23:09 +0400 (MSD) Received: from LEV ([172.16.16.85]:1557) (HELO dhcp85.arcadia.intranet) by anti.arcadia.spb.ru ([212.119.177.3]:25) (F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail 5.0.53 Release) with SMTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:50:16 -0000 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:58:36 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.46d) Personal Reply-To: Lev Serebryakov Organization: Arcadia, Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <102933852198.20010427135836@arcadia.spb.ru> To: All Subject: Problems with two equal HDDs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello All, SORRY FOR PREVIOUS INCOMPLETE POST. I need to install FreeBSD 4.3 on computer with two equal HDDs IBM DTLA 307030. HDDs was bought in one store, in one time. BIOS sees this disks with same geometry, but FreeBSD's fdsik sees it as: ad0 -- 3737/255/63 ad2 -- 59560/16/63 (BIOS show this for both,and HDD's stickers says this) But I need to use these HDDs for mirror, so I need equal geometry. Ok, I know, about [G] button in fdisk, but I want understand -- Why these HDDs are detected differently by fdisk?! -- Best regards, Lev mailto:Lev.Serebryakov@arcadia.spb.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 27 16:32:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au (mailman.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94FE37B422 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:32:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from bde.zeta.org.au (bde.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.102]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA22234; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:32:19 +1000 Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:31:15 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-Sender: bde@besplex.bde.org To: Lev Serebryakov Cc: All Subject: Re: Problems with two equal HDDs In-Reply-To: <102933852198.20010427135836@arcadia.spb.ru> 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 On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > I need to install FreeBSD 4.3 on computer with two equal HDDs IBM > DTLA 307030. HDDs was bought in one store, in one time. > BIOS sees this disks with same geometry, but FreeBSD's fdsik sees it > as: > ad0 -- 3737/255/63 > ad2 -- 59560/16/63 (BIOS show this for both,and HDD's stickers says this) > > But I need to use these HDDs for mirror, so I need equal geometry. > Ok, I know, about [G] button in fdisk, but I want understand -- Why > these HDDs are detected differently by fdisk?! fdisk doesn't sees the geometry in the partition table, if any. ad0 probably has a (nonempty) partition table and ad2 probably doesn't. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message