Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:36:51 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: lithium@cia-g.com (Stephen Fisher) Cc: gordon@drogon.net, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 3com590/595 cards. Message-ID: <199606102306.IAA06923@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960610101937.10530E-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> from "Stephen Fisher" at Jun 10, 96 10:21:49 am
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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 [[
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