From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jun 10 15:40:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA09159 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 15:40:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA09148; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 15:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id IAA06923; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:36:52 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606102306.IAA06923@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 3com590/595 cards. To: lithium@cia-g.com (Stephen Fisher) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:36:51 +0930 (CST) Cc: gordon@drogon.net, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Stephen Fisher" at Jun 10, 96 10:21:49 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stephen Fisher stands accused of saying: > > I haven't had many problems with the vx0 driver except yesterday it got > weird system errors then it rebooted! Never seen that kind of error > before. So I was trying 3c509's - This driver is said to be buggy too. > [It only detects it half the time when booting.] > > I really would like to use 3com cards.. anyone have workarounds? Any way > I can help? I use 2.1R. Don't use 3com cards. Try SMC if you want hardware that works, and is supported. The 'vx' driver is AFAIK slated for a total rewrite, and the 'ep' driver suffers from cantankerous hardware. > - Steve -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[