From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 29 10:43:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from louwers.be (194-78-199-68.pro.turboline.skynet.be [194.78.199.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CF337B446; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:43:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from frank@localhost) by louwers.be (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fATIiLs91138; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:44:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from frank) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:44:21 +0100 From: Frank Louwers To: "Jose M. Alcaide" Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" , "Ing. Anton?n Walter" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 Message-ID: <20011129194421.B91088@louwers.be> References: <20011129132434.D346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> <20011129173657.H346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> <200111291707.fATH7Uq84908@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> <20011129190635.M346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011129190635.M346@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es>; from jose@we.lc.ehu.es on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:06:35PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > + /* Detect the Realtek 8139B. For some reason, this chip is very > + * unstable when left to autoselect the media > + * The best workaround is to set the device to the required > + * media type or to set it to the 10 Meg speed. > + */ > > Yes, indeed :-) > Hmm, maybe you ougth to have a look at the linux driver for this litle thingie, as we have about 6 of them (from different cardmakers) running under linux. Some are connected to a 10/100Mbit switch, others to a 10Mbit hub, we can switch between the switch and the hub without any problem! Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message