From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 11 2:43:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from twister.zrs.hr (twister.zrs.hr [193.198.50.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68FEA37B550 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 02:43:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mmat@twister.zrs.hr) Received: from mmatijevac (asy64.jmu.carnet.hr [193.198.128.64]) by twister.zrs.hr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA44447 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:43:52 +0200 (CEST) From: "Matija Matijevac" To: Subject: USB modems Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:42:34 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi!! I have GVC 56K USB modem. How to make it works on FreeBSD 4.0? I found support for USB printers, keyboards etc, but not for modems. Also, i have a problem with my music card. Kernel found SoundBlaster comp. card, and when i play CDs, all is ok. But, when i play mp3 i hear something very, very i don't know what :)) I try all IRQs, all sound cards, but, alway sam problem. Matija -- * Work Address: Ilica 53a 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia * Work phone: +385 (0)1 48 48 348 * Home Address: Roginin 1. ogranak 2 10090 Zagreb, Croatia * GSM: 091 514 6657 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 11 7:50:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from po3.wam.umd.edu (po3.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.165]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7033537B95C for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 07:50:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gollucci@wam.umd.edu) Received: from rac9.wam.umd.edu (root@rac9.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.149]) by po3.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA10947; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:50:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rac9.wam.umd.edu (sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac9.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA06089; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:50:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (gollucci@localhost) by rac9.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA06085; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:50:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: rac9.wam.umd.edu: gollucci owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:50:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Philip M. Gollucci" To: Ryan Thompson Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3COM 3C900B-TPO (xl0) under FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have the exact same card with 4.0-RELEASE it works perfectly and has so under all previous versions of FBSD... Thats about all I can say as your right there is not much you can do to move thememory location On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Ryan Thompson wrote: > > Hello all, > > I scanned the mailing lists with no real luck. Are there any known > problems with the 3C900B-TPO cards (xl0 driver) under 4.0? I got the > following message in relation to xl0 (if memory serves!) > > xl0: could not map memory/ports > > (I assume this means "conflict" in one form or another). This is a PCI > card with no jumpers, so there appears to be little I can do to move the > card to a different memory range. > > As luck (or planning!) would have it, I didn't have another card (same or > different type) handy to test. I may try a netgear (dc0) card next week. > > - Ryan > > -- > Ryan Thompson > Systems Administrator, Accounts > Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 > > SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 11 15:46:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from web109.yahoomail.com (web109.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F90737BBB7 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:46:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eaglez69@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 25445 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jun 2000 22:46:14 -0000 Message-ID: <20000611224614.25444.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Received: from [136.152.194.56] by web109.yahoomail.com; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:46:14 PDT Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:46:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Eaglez Subject: PCI "non-win" modems To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org OK, i've noticed that 3com/USR now has a pci modem that's not a "winmodem". Since i'm trying to merge completely away from ISA, i'm pretty interested. I'd like to know if these ARE actually compatable in unix. Or did they just call it not-a-winmodem so they could charge more? Also, i was a bit put out when i first installed FreeBSD (some years ago, before 3.0 came out) and i had a winmodem at the time; discovered it didn't work. Now i know it's been said that it'd be pretty easy to write a driver for these winmodems. So i decided to ask for an update. Does 4.0, or indeed 5.0 have any support for these winmodems? Maybe just 3com/USR winmodems? I'm running on an old external 28.8, while the winmodem is a 33.6. It'd be really nice to be able to use it right now. (It'd save me like $100 for the cost of a new modem.) Thanks, Jesse (one of the last few non-broadband users, wishing for even cable) P.S. Oh yea, one more thing. I saw the message about USB modems (no responce yet). How about serial modems that are connected through a USB to Serial converter? so it actually DOES go through the USB port? Is there support for something like that? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 11 16: 8:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de [139.13.25.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98B937B533 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 16:08:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de) Received: from fettesau.stuwo.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (stuwopc5.stuwo.fh-wilhelmshaven.de [139.13.209.5]) by mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA25897; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 01:08:00 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <4.1.20000612010449.00c75d00@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> X-Sender: ohoyer@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 01:08:15 +0200 To: Eaglez From: Olaf Hoyer Subject: Re: PCI "non-win" modems Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20000611224614.25444.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 15:46 11.06.00 -0700, you wrote: >OK, i've noticed that 3com/USR now has a pci modem >that's not a "winmodem". Since i'm trying to merge >completely away from ISA, i'm pretty interested. I'd >like to know if these ARE actually compatable in unix. >Or did they just call it not-a-winmodem so they could >charge more? > >Also, i was a bit put out when i first installed >FreeBSD (some years ago, before 3.0 came out) and i >had a winmodem at the time; discovered it didn't work. >Now i know it's been said that it'd be pretty easy to >write a driver for these winmodems. So i decided to >ask for an update. Does 4.0, or indeed 5.0 have any >support for these winmodems? Maybe just 3com/USR >winmodems? I'm running on an old external 28.8, while >the winmodem is a 33.6. It'd be really nice to be able >to use it right now. (It'd save me like $100 for the >cost of a new modem.) > Hi! I heard some reports that Linux supports some Winmodems. So the technical side of a driver should not be the problem... 100$ for a new modem?? On ebay.de , they sell some el cheapo 56k stuff for about 50 DM ~25 U$ (Also got my sister an USR sportster 33.6 ext. for about ~20 U$) Regards Olaf Hoyer -------- Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de FreeBSD- Turning PC's into workstations ICQ:22838075 Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 11 17:35:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from moffetimages.com (alar.scruz.predictive.com [207.251.1.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B927B37B525 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:35:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brianm@moffetimages.com) Received: (from brianm@localhost) by moffetimages.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA51730; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:42:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brianm) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:42:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian D. Moffet" Message-Id: <200006120042.RAA51730@moffetimages.com> To: eaglez69@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PCI "non-win" modems Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000611224614.25444.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yes, I have a USR/3Com in my FreeBSD 3.3 box which works fine, it is a 3CP5610 modem, and it appears to FreeBSD as a 16550a serial chip. It works fine for Fax receiving using hylafax, and I have not tried it with anything else yet. Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 12 17:56:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f331.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.240.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8313237B59E for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:56:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jasonverkaart@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 68369 invoked by uid 0); 13 Jun 2000 00:56:13 -0000 Message-ID: <20000613005613.68368.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 63.206.201.178 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:56:13 PDT X-Originating-IP: [63.206.201.178] From: "Jason Verkaart" To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Sound Blaster Live! Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:56:13 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Can anyone tell me the nature of support on this device? I've not been able to locate any references to it in supported hardware, but I find it hard to belive that no one is at least attempting to port the driver(s). Thanks for any info, Jason ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 12 18:29:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from geoff.deadheaven.com (www.deadheaven.com [207.55.127.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E0737B661 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:29:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davidski@uffda.com) Received: from localhost (davidski@localhost) by geoff.deadheaven.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA38234; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:33:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davidski@uffda.com) X-Authentication-Warning: geoff.deadheaven.com: davidski owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:33:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "David F. Severski" X-Sender: davidski@geoff.deadheaven.com To: Jason Verkaart Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live! In-Reply-To: <20000613005613.68368.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Jason Verkaart wrote: > Can anyone tell me the nature of support on this device? I've not been able > to locate any references to it in supported hardware, but I find it hard to > belive that no one is at least attempting to port the driver(s). There is some support for SB Live's in -CURRENT and -STABLE via the pcm driver. Give it a try and see what happens. It seems to work for most people, though if you have certain Dell systems it will crash your system hard. :/ David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 12 23:42:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from fepC.post.tele.dk (fepC.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E987137B505 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:42:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kristian.hansen@post.tele.dk) Received: from compaq7971 ([195.215.234.101]) by fepC.post.tele.dk (InterMail vM.4.01.02.00 201-229-116) with SMTP id <20000613064237.IXGG925.fepC.post.tele.dk@compaq7971> for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:42:37 +0200 Message-ID: <003d01bfd503$1632a820$0201a8c0@spellweaver.dk> From: "Kristian Hansen" To: "freebsd-hardware" Subject: Matsushita cd-rom Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:46:18 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Does anybody here know about problems regarding the matcd driver in = FreeBSD 4.0? I've done a custom kernel, grapping the matcd device line from LINT, and = to the best of my knowledge the hardware parameters do match my = hardware, the new kernels configures, compiles and installs as expected, = except that I cannot mount the cd drive. I get mount_cd9660: Device not configured Any help will be apreciated. Kristian Hansen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 13 7:39:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gidora.zeta.org.au (gidora.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 49D1537B603 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 07:39:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: (qmail 28089 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2000 14:39:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bde.zeta.org.au) (203.2.228.102) by gidora.zeta.org.au with SMTP; 13 Jun 2000 14:39:40 -0000 Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:39:39 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-Sender: bde@besplex.bde.org To: Kristian Hansen Cc: freebsd-hardware Subject: Re: Matsushita cd-rom In-Reply-To: <003d01bfd503$1632a820$0201a8c0@spellweaver.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Kristian Hansen wrote: > Does anybody here know about problems regarding the matcd driver in FreeBSD 4.0? The driver is named "matcdc" internally. This is apparently breaks lookups of it by the name "matcd". Try changing "matcdc" to "matcd" (literal quotes) in matcd.c. > I've done a custom kernel, grapping the matcd device line from LINT, and to the best of my knowledge the hardware parameters do match my hardware, the new kernels configures, compiles and installs as expected, except that I cannot mount the cd drive. > I get mount_cd9660: Device not configured > > Any help will be apreciated. Look at the verbose probe messages. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 9:23:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from twister.zrs.hr (twister.zrs.hr [193.198.50.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A456237C265 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:23:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mmat@twister.zrs.hr) Received: from mmatijevac (asy192.jmu.carnet.hr [193.198.129.72]) by twister.zrs.hr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA57029 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:23:13 +0200 (CEST) From: "Matija Matijevac" To: Subject: 4 x Network card Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:21:51 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi! Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all that cards works. I think to buy all same card (Realtek 8139). Matija -- * Work Address: Ilica 53a 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia * Work phone: +385 (0)1 48 48 348 * Home Address: Roginin 1. ogranak 2 10090 Zagreb, Croatia * GSM: 091 514 6657 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 9:37:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from guy.asimware.com (guy.asimware.com [199.185.255.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FC237C2C5 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:37:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gscott@guy.asimware.com) Received: from localhost (gscott@localhost) by guy.asimware.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA17015; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:36:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:36:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Scott To: Matija Matijevac Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all > that cards works. > I think to buy all same card (Realtek 8139). Avoid RealTek chipset cards. I recall a review I once saw on RealTek parts: "It was widely known that NE2000 type cards were the lowest form of quality for ethernet. We cannot believe it, but there is now a new winner for this category.. the winner is RealTek." I made the mistake of using a couple of RealTek cards in a some high use servers. Both had problems with just dying. They also had really high collision rates. Replaced the cards with a Dlink 530TX and an Intel 100+ card and that fixed all the problems. -- Greg Scott Asimware Innovations Inc. Website Co-Ordinator 600 Upper Wellington St Unit D Network Administrator Hamilton, Ontario, L9A3P9 Canada gscott@asimware.com http://www.asimware.com PGP Key http://www.asimware.com/pubkey_gscott.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 9:51:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E6937C225 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:51:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JQLQHJKVXY00034F@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:51:14 +0200 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:51:12 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:51:12 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: 4 x Network card To: 'Greg Scott' , Matija Matijevac Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7652@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Avoid RealTek chipset cards. > I've learned the same in a very small two-pc's-sharing-a-printer network. RealTek PCI in one box, NE1000 ISA in the other. The NE1000 seemed to be unable to connect to anything. Removed the RealTek, dropped in a fl.2.50 ($1,=) fourth-hand, scratched and abused NE1000. Everything worked fine. NE1000 the lowest form of quality? Not the pre-1985 ones, for sure. :-) Kees Jan ============================================== Everyone is responsible for his own actions, and (people tend to forget this) the effect they have on others. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 10:34:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f221.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.241.221]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DA9737B7CC for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:34:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jasonverkaart@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 17184 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jun 2000 17:34:26 -0000 Message-ID: <20000614173426.17183.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 209.219.118.10 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:34:26 PDT X-Originating-IP: [209.219.118.10] From: "Jason Verkaart" To: mmat@twister.zrs.hr Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:34:26 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I agree that the Realtek hardware is something to be avoided, but the answer to the Question "Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all that cards works." is "yes." If you really want 4 network interfaces, you should look into the multi-interface cards. I have a 4 interface DEC card based on the DEC 24041 chipset. BSD treats it as 4 seperate cards, and you save yourself 3 slots. :) (each "NIC" still requires an IRQ though) I'll get the model number from the card if you are interested. Jason Verkaart >From: "Matija Matijevac" >To: >Subject: 4 x Network card >Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:21:51 +0200 > >Hi! > >Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all >that cards works. >I think to buy all same card (Realtek 8139). > > Matija > >-- > > >* Work Address: Ilica 53a > 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia >* Work phone: +385 (0)1 48 48 348 >* Home Address: Roginin 1. ogranak 2 > 10090 Zagreb, Croatia >* GSM: 091 514 6657 > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 11:39:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mailbox.mcs.net (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D973037B5D5 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:39:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spikeman@myself.com) Received: from myself.com (spikeman@nemean.spikeman.net [204.137.229.4]) by mailbox.mcs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02280; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:37:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from spikeman@myself.com) Message-ID: <3947D0FC.30BE9E34@myself.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:37:48 -0500 From: Spikeman Organization: SDN - http://www.spikeman.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Scott Cc: Matija Matijevac , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org aye,,, I learned they suck the hard way also... I had a onbaord ethernet die on me and i got a free 'asound' which has a RealTEK chip set and it was fine till I tryed to do a trans on a lan and it took 6 mins with the stalling and the slow tran rate to move a half a meg file.... so I will/must swap out a 3com out of another system just so I can get everything working nicly..... :-( Greg Scott wrote: > > Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all > > that cards works. > > I think to buy all same card (Realtek 8139). > > Avoid RealTek chipset cards. > > I recall a review I once saw on RealTek parts: > > "It was widely known that NE2000 type cards were the lowest form of > quality for ethernet. We cannot believe it, but there is now a new winner > for this category.. the winner is RealTek." > > I made the mistake of using a couple of RealTek cards in a some high use > servers. Both had problems with just dying. They also had really high > collision rates. > > Replaced the cards with a Dlink 530TX and an Intel 100+ card and that > fixed all the problems. > > -- > Greg Scott Asimware Innovations Inc. > Website Co-Ordinator 600 Upper Wellington St Unit D > Network Administrator Hamilton, Ontario, L9A3P9 Canada > gscott@asimware.com http://www.asimware.com > > PGP Key http://www.asimware.com/pubkey_gscott.asc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- ___ /\ \ phase two of global domination in operation, hide all lions. /::\ \ /:/\:\ \ Comments or Questions email spikeman@myself.com _\:\~\:\ \ /\ \:\ \:\__\ Spikeman spikeman@myself.com \:\ \:\ \/__/ http://www.spikeman.net \:\ \:\__\ Find Me On EFNET /whois Spikeman \:\/:/ / \::/ / Friends are lights in winter; \/__/ The older the friend, the brighter the light. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 11:41:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FC6B37C32A for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:41:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: (qmail 61983 invoked by uid 1001); 14 Jun 2000 18:41:44 +0000 (GMT) To: jasonverkaart@hotmail.com Cc: mmat@twister.zrs.hr, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:34:26 EDT" References: <20000614173426.17183.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:41:44 +0200 Message-ID: <61981.961008104@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > If you really want 4 network interfaces, you should look into the > multi-interface cards. I have a 4 interface DEC card based on the DEC 24041 > chipset. BSD treats it as 4 seperate cards, and you save yourself 3 slots. > :) (each "NIC" still requires an IRQ though) This is not necessarily true. All the multiport cards I've used (either Tulip or Intel based) have allowed interrupt sharing. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 14 15:46:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from herbelot.dyndns.org (r148m178.cybercable.tm.fr [195.132.148.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E1B637BA45 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:46:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from herbelot@cybercable.fr) Received: from cybercable.fr (multi.herbelot.nom [192.168.1.2]) by herbelot.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA10915; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:44:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from herbelot@cybercable.fr) Message-ID: <3948094C.2149CFEC@cybercable.fr> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:38:04 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: jasonverkaart@hotmail.com, mmat@twister.zrs.hr, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card References: <20000614173426.17183.qmail@hotmail.com> <61981.961008104@verdi.nethelp.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > If you really want 4 network interfaces, you should look into the > > multi-interface cards. I have a 4 interface DEC card based on the DEC 24041 > > chipset. BSD treats it as 4 seperate cards, and you save yourself 3 slots. > > :) (each "NIC" still requires an IRQ though) > > This is not necessarily true. All the multiport cards I've used (either > Tulip or Intel based) have allowed interrupt sharing. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message Hello, I'm using at work some (around 50, now) boards by D-Lik (DFE-570-TX) which I heartily recommend : they work well on either 3.4 or 4.x and you use just one PCI slot for 4 Ethernet port (and a p-III 450 can sustain routing on all 4 ports simultaneously at up to 50-70 Mbps on each port). TfH PS : has someone any idea on how to use all ports "ganged" to get more bandwidth ? (I know I could use a 1-Gig Enet board, but I would like to use a 4-port-board to get a 400Mbps bandwidth to my file server) -- Thierry Herbelot ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN /"\ Dir. technique LUCCAS AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS \ / tout le cable sur http://www.luccas.org PAS DE HTML DANS X un CV : http://perso.cybercable.fr/herbelot LES COURRIELS / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jun 15 20:21:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from accord.grasslake.net (accord.grasslake.net [206.11.249.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 810B637BA59 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:21:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Received: from k6 (k6.grasslake.net [192.168.2.1]) by accord.grasslake.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA77488; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:16:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Message-ID: <005301bfd742$08e82c30$0102a8c0@k6> From: "Shawn Barnhart" To: "Thierry Herbelot" Cc: References: <20000614173426.17183.qmail@hotmail.com> <61981.961008104@verdi.nethelp.no> <3948094C.2149CFEC@cybercable.fr> Subject: Re: 4 x Network card Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:21:59 -0500 Organization: Grasslake.Net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thierry Herbelot" | PS : has someone any idea on how to use all ports "ganged" to get more | bandwidth ? (I know I could use a 1-Gig Enet board, but I would like to | use a 4-port-board to get a 400Mbps bandwidth to my file server) We used to do that with Netware with multiple single-port NICs; it was referred to as load balancing. The server answered get nearest server broadcasts on ports in a round-robin fashion, which caused clients to always TX to those ports. Server TX was sent out whatever port wasn't busy. All ports had to be plugged into a switch for it to work right. How do the Intel NICs that support "teaming" do it? I've always suspected it was something similar, but moved instead from layer 4 to the driver layer. I imagine that FreeBSD would complain if all 4 ports had the same IP address, but that would kind of round-robin accomplish what you're after. It'd also work if the switch and the server both supported multilink trunking. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jun 15 23:24: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from jason.argos.org (a1-3b058.neo.rr.com [24.93.181.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F5537BD00 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:24:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@argos.org) Received: from localhost (mike@localhost) by jason.argos.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA18886; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 02:22:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 02:22:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Nowlin To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "'Greg Scott'" , Matija Matijevac , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: 4 x Network card In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7652@l04.research.kpn.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > NE1000 the lowest form of quality? Not the pre-1985 ones, for sure. :-) Second lowest -- I still have a pair of $300 3C501's kicking along in some old 386 boxes running as print servers..... :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Understated/funny man-page sentence of the current time period: From route(4) on FreeBSD-3.4, DESCRIPTION section: "FreeBSD provides some packet routing facilities." ...duh....... Mike Nowlin, N8NVW mike@argos.org http://www.viewsnet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 9:36:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gta.com (gw.gta.com [199.120.225.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24C5237B653; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:36:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lab@gta.com) Received: from gta.com (GTA internal mail system) by gta.com with ESMTP id MAA41732; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:44:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <394A55D0.60A7F452@gta.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:29:04 -0400 From: Larry Baird Reply-To: lab@gta.com Organization: GTA, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: dg@freebsd.org Subject: Yet another Intel 82559 device id Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It looks like Intel can't make up its mind on what device ID to use for the 82559 chipset. I just got a custom MB in with 4 onboard 82559 ethernet chips from a manufacturer in Tawain. These chips have a device id of 0x1209. I updated stable's fxp driver's probe code to work with this id and everything seems to be working fine in simple testing. Anybody else come across this device id? Larry -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Baird Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Orlando, FL Email: lab@gta.com | TEL 407-380-0220, FAX 407-380-6080 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 10:43:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from pinhead.parag.codegen.com (207-44-235-154.CodeGen.COM [207.44.235.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04B0A37B920; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:43:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parag@pinhead.parag.codegen.com) Received: from pinhead.parag.codegen.com (localhost.parag.codegen.com [127.0.0.1]) by pinhead.parag.codegen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA93609; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:43:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parag@pinhead.parag.codegen.com) To: lab@gta.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, dg@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yet another Intel 82559 device id In-Reply-To: Message from Larry Baird of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:29:04 EDT." <394A55D0.60A7F452@gta.com> Organization: CodeGen, Inc. X-Image-URL: http://www.codegen.com/images/CG-logo-only.gif X-URL: http://www.codegen.com X-Face: =O'Kj74icvU|oS*<7gS/8'\Pbpm}okVj*@UC!IgkmZQAO!W[|iBiMs*|)n*`X ]pW%m>Oz_mK^Gdazsr.Z0/JsFS1uF8gBVIoChGwOy{EK=<6g?aHE`[\S]C]T0Wm Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:43:23 -0700 Message-ID: <93603.961177403@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> From: Parag Patel Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:29:04 EDT, Larry Baird wrote: > >Anybody else come across this device id? We ran across it in our firmware support recently as well. It appears to be suffixed with "ER" but seems to operate the same. Most annoying. -- Parag Patel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 10:58:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gta.com (gw.gta.com [199.120.225.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6636537C00A for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:58:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lab@gta.com) Received: from gta.com (GTA internal mail system) by gta.com with ESMTP id OAA44550 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:06:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <394A6B3C.1A5253B2@gta.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:00:28 -0400 From: Larry Baird Reply-To: lab@gta.com Organization: GTA, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yet another Intel 82559 device id References: <93603.961177403@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Parag Patel wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:29:04 EDT, Larry Baird wrote: > > > >Anybody else come across this device id? > > We ran across it in our firmware support recently as well. It appears > to be suffixed with "ER" but seems to operate the same. Most annoying. Mine has the ER suffix as well. As you say most annoying. Hopefully David Greenman can use this info to update the fxp driver. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Baird Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Orlando, FL Email: lab@gta.com | TEL 407-380-0220, FAX 407-380-6080 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 11: 2:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.sfo.geocast.com (mail.geocast.net [209.125.100.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A7A37BA4F for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:02:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from castor@geocast.com) Received: from swamp.sfo.geocast.com ([209.125.100.45]) by mail.sfo.geocast.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA5A28; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:02:31 -0700 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:02:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Castor Fu" X-Sender: castor@swamp.sfo.geocast.net To: Larry Baird Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yet another Intel 82559 device id In-Reply-To: <394A6B3C.1A5253B2@gta.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:29:04 EDT, Larry Baird wrote: > > > > > >Anybody else come across this device id? > > > > We ran across it in our firmware support recently as well. It appears > > to be suffixed with "ER" but seems to operate the same. Most annoying. > Mine has the ER suffix as well. As you say most annoying. > > Hopefully David Greenman can use this info to update the fxp driver. The ER version is a reduced-functionality/cost version of the 82559. The 82559 has some sort of support for an integrated modem and is used in a lot of the modem/lan combo cards. The ER removes the modem functionality. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 17: 4:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from rye.elite.net (rye.elite.net [205.199.220.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E94B37BDC4 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:04:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@elite.net) Received: from almond.elite.net (root@almond.elite.net [205.199.220.5]) by rye.elite.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA06611; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (nate@localhost) by almond.elite.net (8.8.3/8.6.12) id RAA20068; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:03:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: LCD panel/buttons Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I am working on an embedded system and was curious what people commonly use for an LCD display and button panel. Whistle (whistle.com) seems to have a good setup and uses FreeBSD. I've also looked at the USB stuff (ActiveWireInc.com) and it's a bit pricey for per-unit volume. Any suggestions? I need probably two lines of 20 characters, alphanumeric. Also, we hope to add an IR remote. I was looking at the keyspan.com USB unit that maps IR to keystrokes. This seems like a good thing but it's also a bit pricey. Has anyone used the IR port on PC motherboards to have a universal remote device for FreeBSD? Any other suggestions would be great. Thanks, Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 22:54:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [63.67.141.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D2E37B565 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:54:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA00850; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:54:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:54:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Nate Lawson Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LCD panel/buttons In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Nate Lawson wrote: > I am working on an embedded system and was curious what people commonly > use for an LCD display and button panel. Whistle (whistle.com) seems to > have a good setup and uses FreeBSD. I've also looked at the USB stuff > (ActiveWireInc.com) and it's a bit pricey for per-unit volume. Any > suggestions? I need probably two lines of 20 characters, alphanumeric. http://www.matrixorbital.com/ RS232 and I2C > Also, we hope to add an IR remote. I was looking at the keyspan.com > USB unit that maps IR to keystrokes. This seems like a good thing but > it's also a bit pricey. Has anyone used the IR port on PC > motherboards to have a universal remote device for FreeBSD? Any other > suggestions would be great. Seems like there should be some I2C solution you could use. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 23:38:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED2C37B65C for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:38:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA34017; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:37:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Nate Lawson Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LCD panel/buttons In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:03:56 PDT." Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:37:56 +0200 Message-ID: <34015.961223876@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , Nate L awson writes: >I am working on an embedded system and was curious what people commonly >use for an LCD display and button panel. Whistle (whistle.com) seems to >have a good setup and uses FreeBSD. I've also looked at the USB stuff >(ActiveWireInc.com) and it's a bit pricey for per-unit volume. Any >suggestions? I need probably two lines of 20 characters, alphanumeric. You can drive such an LCD from your parallel port just fine. There will even be a few input wires free for implementing a keyboard. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 17 10:56:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from arg1.demon.co.uk (arg1.demon.co.uk [194.222.34.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DE237B63F for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:56:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arg@arg1.demon.co.uk) Received: from localhost (arg@localhost) by arg1.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA07225; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:56:14 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from arg@arg1.demon.co.uk) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:56:12 +0100 (BST) From: Andrew Gordon X-Sender: arg@server.arg.sj.co.uk To: Nate Lawson Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LCD panel/buttons In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Nate Lawson wrote: > > Also, we hope to add an IR remote. I was looking at the keyspan.com USB > unit that maps IR to keystrokes. This seems like a good thing but it's > also a bit pricey. Has anyone used the IR port on PC motherboards to > have a universal remote device for FreeBSD? Any other suggestions would > be great. "IR port on PC motherboards" generally means IRDA. If you had in mind a TV-style remote to be used across the width of a room, IRDA is useless: it uses a very crude modulation scheme (pulse = 0, no pulse = 1) and so it has very short range (about 1m) and requires sender/receiver to be pointing directly at each other. TV remotes typically use a more robust coding scheme, modulating a carrier of 38KHz or 56KHz. I have done RC5 (one of the popular encoding schemes) on FreeBSD by bashing bits on a parallel port - driving an IR LED for transmit, and using one of the integrated receiver devices (eg. Sharp IS1U60: photodiode, amplifier, detector, integrator all in a 3-pin package for < $1) for reception. However, this is all a bit too fast to do reliably in software - for receive you need to time pulses that are nominally 888us or 1778us wide. For serious applications, I use a PIC12C508 to offload the real-time stuff - still only a total component cost of about $2. As well as TV-type remotes, you can get qwerty keyboards using similar modulation schemes that you can receive on the same hardware; these have slightly less range/robustness (higher datarate -> shorter pulses), but still work OK. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message