From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 29 20:38:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA21185 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:38:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA21151 Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA13591; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:20:35 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601300450.PAA13591@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: DEC 21041 ethernet card (SMC 8432T) To: garya@dreamchaser.org Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:20:34 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9601300139.AA28108@ montana.com > from "garya@dreamchaser.org" at Jan 29, 96 06:39:02 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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 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. -- ]] 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 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[