From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 30 09:35:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCACF16A400; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:35:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johan@stromnet.se) Received: from av12-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av12-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D8E213C428; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:35:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johan@stromnet.se) Received: by av12-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id EE34538245; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:10:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.93]) by av12-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0DC380AD; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:10:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from elfi.stromnet.se (90-224-172-102-no129.tbcn.telia.com [90.224.172.102]) by smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C721C37E49; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:10:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elfi.stromnet.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13AEF61E48; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:10:01 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at stromnet.se Received: from elfi.stromnet.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (elfi.stromnet.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8kFD-I6Bfyds; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:09:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from [129.16.46.255] (dynamic-46-255.chl.chalmers.se [129.16.46.255]) by elfi.stromnet.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C82C661E49; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:09:55 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20070130003419.GA5092@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <16425E76-4111-4DE3-970D-A5E1E29EA194@stromnet.se> <20070130003419.GA5092@cdnetworks.co.kr> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <6934F894-BDD2-4185-9245-8B53407C3903@stromnet.se> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:09:15 +0100 To: pyunyh@gmail.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, wpaul@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for 3C996-SX? Or 3C985(b)-SX? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:35:04 -0000 On Jan 30, 2007, at 01:34 , Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:00:06PM +0100, Johan Str?m wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm about to buy a PCI 1000-SX network card, looking on eBay I've >> found both 3C996-SX and 3C985(b)-SX cards. >> Looking at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware- >> i386.html#ETHERNET I can find "3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseTX)", but >> not the SX? >> However, on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware- >> i386.html#ETHERNET I can see "3Com 3c996-SX, 3c996-T". >> So, has the -SX support been removed or something? >> =46rom the if_bge.c changelog (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ >> src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c) I found this: >> > > If my memory serve me right bge(4) supports 3Com 996SX. > I think I've used the 996SX to make bge(4) work on sparc64. Goodie :) I got a private mail from wpaul too confirming this. > >> Commit message by wpaul >>> Lastly, teach the driver how to recognize a 3c996B-SX by checking >>> the hardware config word in the EEPROM in order to detect the media. >>> We attach 5701 fiber cards correctly now, but I haven't verified =20 >>> that >>> they send/receive packets yet since I don't have a second fiber >>> interface at home. (I know that fiber 5700 cards work, so I'm >>> keeping my fingers crossed.) >> >> But this is from 4 years ago so.. not pretty recent and no followup >> in the log. >> >> So, is it supported or not? :) >> >> Also i found some 3c985(b) cards on eBay, a bit more expensive ($10 >> or so..), but this uses the ti driver instead of bge. And from what I >> can see this driver does not support ALTQ. However, im not quite sure > > I'm not sure Max Laier(mlaier@) already made a ALTQ patch for ti(4). > If you can test ti(4) on your box I can write a ALTQ patch for ti(4). Okay :) I'll see what card I get, but as I understand it it shouldnt =20 make much difference.. Thanks for your help! :) Johan Str=F6m Stromnet johan@stromnet.se http://www.stromnet.se/