Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:42:51 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: Kevin Lam <kevla@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: is 3COM 3C905B-TX supported under 2.2.6-STABLE or 2.2.7-STABLE ? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980805144102.21088v-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980805221648.00922280@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au>
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> >pci0:15: vendor=0x10b7, device=0x9055, class=network (ethernet) int a irq 12 > >[no driver assigned] > > Unfortunately, as of now, the vx0 "Vortex" driver supports only the 3C905A, > using a PIO mode for compatibility with the older 3C509 ISA cards. The B > revision of the Fast EtherLink is not supported, my system runs into > exactly the same problem if I load my 3C905B instead of my A (I have a pair > of them). > Hopefully the new xl driver should resolve this problem by implementing > dedicated 3C905B support, with full support for the busmastering DMA mode > the 3C905s are capable of. Time to watch them reach their full potential :) As was said by the author of the xl driver the 905B support is already fairly solid. And problems so far seem to be related to the start up and not the running of the card. So if it detects it fine and no error messages are displayed during boot you are probably onto a winner. No problems with our 4 machines. If there are we will find them as soon as the backups start running over those cables and cards.... :-) Nik -- building: 27A address: STA-ISIS, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy tel.: +39 332 78 9549 fax.: +39 332 78 9185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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