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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:20:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   de0 under 2.2-STABLE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970729130656.4043A-100000@super-g.inch.com>

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Hi,

I ran this by -questions, and it was suggested I move over here...

I have a Digital DE500:

Jul 28 19:03:24 newporn /kernel: de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32
int a irq 12 on pci0:10
Jul 28 19:03:24 newporn /kernel: de0: DE500-AA 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 
2.0 
Jul 28 19:03:24 newporn /kernel: de0: address 00:00:f8:03:66:e9
[skip to npx0 detection]
Jul 29 12:59:41 newporn /kernel: de0: link up: enabling 10baseT port

...and I'm running 2.2-stable cvsupped from yesterday afternoon.

The card seems to work fine except for when the cable is unplugged.  This
message gets logged:

Jul 29 13:00:05 newporn /kernel: de0: link down: cable problem?

If the cable is plugged back in, the link is dead and the link LED on the
card flashes.  netstat -i will freeze after the first line is output.  If
I give it a "ifconfig de0 down" and then "ifconfig de0 up" it comes back
and works fine and has a solid link light.

Is this a known problem?  And if so, is there a fix in the works, or is
support for the Digital cards going away?

Someone had suggested getting the de0 package from 3am-software.com; can
anyone give me a "yay" or "nay" on that?

Thanks much,

Charles




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