Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:43:11 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Naoki Hamada <nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attention 3C5X9 owners Message-ID: <199606141543.JAA21708@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199606140751.QAA09655@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp> References: <199606101905.NAA09662@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199606140751.QAA09655@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp>
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> >Can you please test out this patch to /sys/i386/isa/if_ep.c to make sure > >this works? This changes the way the driver selects the different card > >ports (AUI/BNC), and is needed for the PCCARD support (not included). > >In order to get the BNC connector working on my 3C589 card, but since > >it's based on code that was originally for the 3C509 I suspect it should > >work. > > Nate, your patch still lacks some cases I noticed that *after* I sent it out and corrected them in my version, but since the response wasn't very overwhelming I decided to wait until someone else piped up. Thanks for doing this. > and breaks some important > information. I carefully studied the logic and made the connector > selection scheme a bit clearer and robuster, I hope. Great. > >I need folks who have AUI connections, and folks who have BNC > >connections to test this to make sure it works, or even better folks who > >have both can test it to make sure it works fine with both. > > My 3C509B-COMBO works fine with the following patch. Switching between > UTP and BNC is quite easy. (Just type 'ifconfig ep0 link1 -link2' or 'ifconifg > ep0 link2 -link1'.) > > I have no AUI equipment, and what is worse, my 3C589B is now under > repair, so we need some other tests! Is there anyone who can test the AUI stuff? In any case, I'll try out this version with my other PC-CARD patches and see if it works. Thanks! Nate
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