Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 02:52:27 +0100 (MET) From: Johan Larsson <gozer@ludd.luth.se> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Rob Nelson <rob@mag-net.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.971216024548.198A-100000@father.ludd.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <19971216092905.55311@lemis.com>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 09:15:09AM -0800, Rob Nelson wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Eric Fosdike wrote: > > > >> This card is flagged as 'buggy' by the kernel install options. What is > >> causing it to be buggy? We are looking to roll out a large number of BSD > >> boxes with 3com 509 cards in. Where exactly is the problem with these > >> cards? > > > > We have used both the 3Com 509 combo as well as the TP cards on several > > FreeBSD boxes with no problems. > > Same here. I've been using one for years. > > > They work very well. I think the "buggy" designation is a leftover > > from earlier revisions of the driver. > > A while back I'd get hangs from time to time (I needed to down and up > the interface to unwedge it), but I haven't had that for a long time. > I'd agree with your assessment. I'm copying -hackers for comment. I have had this problem alot lately, and also a problem with the input network load to be around 30-90kByte/sec constantly! :( But this night i tracked the problem down to be in the later versions of if_ep.c and if_epreg.h . I am now running my current with the 1.62 of if_ep.c and the 1.21 of if_epreg.h . This works! I haven't had time to track down _what_ exactly that's been done lately with this driver. Perhaps the people responsible of it could tell us more. So my suggestion is that you _don't_ ship your computers with 3com cards, at least not the 509. Johan -- * mailto:gozer@ludd.luth.se * http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/gozer/ * * Powered by FreeBSD. http://www.se.freebsd.org/ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ *
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