Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:29:00 -0700 (PDT) From: shailesh sheoran <shailesh@ece.ubc.ca> To: Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net> Cc: "K. Greenwood" <k_greenwood1@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make a d-link 530TX + card work Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0106132126500.25877-100000@shannon.ece.ubc.ca> In-Reply-To: <018a01c0f42d$5fe93ac0$3200000a@Intranet>
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hi,
i am sorry but i am a little overwhelmed. where do i need to add
these lines:
device miibus # MII bus support
device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
if that's what i need to do.
thanks a lot for all the help, i really appreciate that.
sincerely,
Shailesh Sheoran
M.ASc.
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of British Columbia
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Ryan Masse wrote:
> dosen't the + still use the MII Bus? Instead of device vr use device rl.
>
> looks like i didn't read the email closely enough. i have a half dozen bsd
> machines here with the 530tx cards. in fact i just got a shipment of systems
> in for the office with use of the Dlink 530tx cards no problem. I guess
> different suppliers carry what they think is best.
>
> Ryan
>
> > Sorry to barge in and nit-pick, but I just thought I
> > would point out that he specified a d-link 530 tx +,
> > which actually uses the rl (realtek) driver (about
> > which many previous posts have described in a less
> > than pleasant manner).
> >
> > I have a couple of these and wish I could still find a
> > place that sells the vr version!
> >
> > K. Greenwood
> >
> >
> > --- Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net> wrote:
> > > you shouldn't need any additional kernel config for
> > > that card from the base
> > > GENERIC kernel.
> > >
> > > # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus
> > > controller code.
> > > # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in
> > > order to use these NICs!
> > > device miibus # MII bus support
> > > device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine
> > > II
> > >
> > > Those are the references to that particular card.
> > >
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > thanks a lot to you guys for helping me out with
> > > my 20GB hard
> > > > drive partitioning problem.
> > > > i am facing another problem with my networking
> > > card (D-Link 530
> > > > TX+).
> > > > when i try to set it up during the initial kernel
> > > configuration,
> > > > using the card type NE2000 under Network section,
> > > i face a peculiar
> > > > problem. From my windows 98 i have found that the
> > > card's memory address is
> > > > 0xed800000 but FreeBSD only allows memory options
> > > upto 0xffffff . i don't
> > > > understand what the problem is .
> > > > if i setup freebsd without setting up the network,
> > > how can i later
> > > > , if i can, add the networking card because the
> > > memory problem will
> > > > persist. and can i use the driver for Linux 6.x
> > > for FreeBSD.
> > > > thanks guys, i really appreciate any help.
> > > > cheers,
> > > > Shailesh Sheoran
> > > > M.ASc.
> > > > Department of Electrical Engineering
> > > > University of British Columbia
> > > >
> > > >
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