Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 19:39:13 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new Intel 100Mbps card Message-ID: <384B21D1.415FD524@softweyr.com> References: <199912052313.RAA21154@cs.rice.edu>
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Mohit Aron wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I got some new Intel 10/100Mbps network interfaces recently, but
> unfortunately found that FreeBSD (version 4.0-19990827-CURRENT) doesn't
> recognize them. These are called the "Intel InBusiness 10/100 PCI Network
> Adaptor". Unfortunately, these are the only ones supported in the stores now,
> so I can't find the older 10/100+ and 10/100B kind.
>
> After looking at the boot messages, I found that these cards have a device_id
> of 0x1030 - which is different than the one supported by the fxp driver in
> FreeBSD (0x1229 - defined in /sys/pci/if_fxpreg.h as FXP_DEVICEID_i82557).
It's probably an 82558 chip. Does it support Wake-on-LAN?
> I changed the driver (fxp_probe() function in /sys/pci/if_fxp.c) to also
> recognize the device_id 0x1030. The cards now work, but I haven't stress tested
> them for performance.
>
> Can someone tell me if the fxp driver is compatible with these cards (at least
> it seems to work). If so, it'll be nice if the future releases of the driver
> also support this card.
Add the device IDs to the list in the driver and recompile. If it works,
send me the diffs and I'll commit it for you. I might even be able to beat
one of the cards out of Intel, I used to work for the InBusiness (formerly
Dayna Communications) crowd. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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