Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 17:49:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Test request, SMC 1211TX EtherEZ PCI card Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981206174216.8217A-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199812061645.LAA17567@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Bill Paul wrote: > > I downloaded the drivers from ftp.smc.com for this card and ran > strings -a on a few of them: they explicitly mention the rtl8139, > so it looks like it is indeed a RealTek chip. I also looked at the > SCO OpenSewer 5 driver kit: it includes an 'r8e.h' header file > which contains definitions that match the information I have for > the RealTek and mentions the 8129 and 8139. This seems to show > pretty conclusively that it is a RealTek chip. However this > appears to be SMC's own build of the driver; in many cases I think the > distributors just use whatever drivers are provided by RealTek > and make up their own diskettes, but SMC seems to have compiled > their own driver versions. This being the case, it's possible they > may have used their own PCI vendor and device ID in the EEPROM > and customized the driver to match, just to it look like their > board is different from others and get you to use their particular > drivers. So even though it's a RealTek chip, the rl driver still > might not detect it as such. Can't help you with the 100Mbit versions, but I can tell you that the 10Mbit PCI version of the EtherEZ is indeed using the RealTek 8029, and the PCI vendor ID etc. is still RealTek's. On all the ones I have handled, SMC have gone to the trouble of over-printing the chips with black paint and an SMC logo to obscure the RealTek partnumber, but have then shot themselves in the foot by printing a photo on the outside of the packaging which shows a card with the unobscured RealTek chip clearly visible!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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