Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:00:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Marian Dobre <mari@onix.ro> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc64 and standard PCI devices Message-ID: <20030312190050.GB86851@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3E6F35F9.20201@onix.ro> References: <3E6F35F9.20201@onix.ro>
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--cmJC7u66zC7hs+87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 03:28:25PM +0200, Marian Dobre wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I've installed FreeBSD 5.0 Sparc64 on a E450 and I'm trying to use=20 > standard PCI ethernet cards. sparc64 questions should go to freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org > According to=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/sparc64/support.html#ETH= ERNET=20 > these cards are supposed to be supported but I can't get them to work. > I've tried with both RTL8139 and 3COM905 cards. The cards are detected=20 > by the software but they dont send or receive any packet. I even=20 > recompiled all the software on the box and the kernel. They still don't= =20 > work. > This is the output of uname -a > FreeBSD freebsd.onix.ro 5.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Sat=20 > Jan 18 07:39:17 CET 2003 =20 > root@freebsd.onix.ro:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM sparc64 > Please let me know if these are are supposed to be working on sparc64=20 > platforms. You forgot to mention the device name(s). It's possible the drivers do not yet work on sparc64 machines because they contain non-portable code. Kris --cmJC7u66zC7hs+87 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+b4PhWry0BWjoQKURAsGAAJ46dc/JOTMNLxARyzOsoq1kNVdCxACdGgrV uFpKyimed0vVl0c7jUQdPMU= =vOyU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cmJC7u66zC7hs+87-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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