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Date:      Sun, 9 May 1999 23:11:48 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson)
Cc:        khaled@mailbox.telia.net, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: de driver problem
Message-ID:  <199905092111.XAA46622@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905092155100.447-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from Doug Rabson at "May 9, 1999  9:58:40 pm"

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As Doug Rabson wrote ...
> On Sun, 9 May 1999, Khaled Daham wrote:
> 
> > Hello folks
> > 
> > I cvsupped,made world, built a kernel today and from now on the de
> > interfaces only comes up in 100BaseTX, what causes it not to negotiate ?
> > My Apr_29 kernel doesnt behave like this.
> > 
> > The link lamp flickered like hell so it was quite a nice atmosphere for
> > awhile , but i got tired of it :)
> > 
> > /Khaled, Telia Network Services
> > 
> > Mail:   khaled@telia.net
> > Cell:   070-6785492
> > Work:   08-4567281
> > 
> > :hacker: /n./  [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe]
> 
> Some tulip boards in alpha systems don't autonegociate properly so the SRM
> has a way of forcing them to a particular mode. A change was made recently

Recently... I think it's been there for a couple of years.

> to respect the SRM setting instead of using autoneg. The variable is
> typically called ewa0_mode. To find the right setting, type
> 
> 	>>>set ewa0_mode
> 
> from the SRM prompt and it will give you a list of settings. Choose one,
> then type e.g.:
> 
> 	>>>set ewa0_mode Twisted-Pair

Keep in mind that older SRMs that understand the older Tulip 10/100Mbit
chips  (21140 IRRC) might not recognise the new ones (is that the 21143?)

Bit me once..

Groeten / Cheers,

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