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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:20:34 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        garya@dreamchaser.org
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DEC 21041 ethernet card (SMC 8432T)
Message-ID:  <199601300450.PAA13591@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9601300139.AA28108@ montana.com > from "garya@dreamchaser.org" at Jan 29, 96 06:39:02 pm

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garya@dreamchaser.org stands accused of saying:
> 
> I have an SMC 8432T (Dec 21041 type) ethernet card.
> There doesn't seem to be a driver for this card.
> I tried the de0 interface, but at boot I get:
> 
> de0 <Digital DC21041 Ethernet> rev 17 int a irq 15 on pci0:17
> de0: DC21041 pass 1.1 Ethernet address ...
> swapon:...
> reboot
> ...
> de0 flags=8863<...> mtu 1500
> ...
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface
> 
> Is there a driver which works with this card?
> Or what am I doing wrong...

The de driver should work fine.  If you don't get a message indicating the
media type, it's most likely that the card is not generating interrupts.

I had the same problems with a Compex card, which turned out to be busted.

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