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Date:      Fri, 07 Dec 2001 10:21:34 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        "Mikkel C. Simonsen" <mcs@post5.tele.dk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Question] SiS embedded ether intfc
Message-ID:  <3C1108AE.5090900@owt.com>
References:  <bulk.24674.20011207084733@hub.freebsd.org> <3C11039B.7295@post5.tele.dk>

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Mikkel C. Simonsen wrote:

>>Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:35:54 -0800
>>From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Question] SiS embedded ether intfc
>>
>>bad bob wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dumb question - is there anyone doing work to make the embedded SiS
>>>ethernet interfaces on boards like the ECS K7S5A (athlon)?
>>>
>>J. Lemon gave me some patches back in October but they didn't work. The
>>system still wouldn't recognize the PHY.
>>
> 
> Just a small note. The driver in Linux 2.2.20 also doesn't recognize the
> PHY (the driver reports "unknown type" or simmilar), but the driver
> still works...


It returns an error code 6 and quits.


> 
> Where does J. Lemon live BTW? If it's not too far away I could send him
> a board for testing.


No, idea where he lives. I just sent him an email at jlemon@FreeBSD.ORG

Kent

> 
>>He doesn't have access to a
>>system running a SiS 745 chipset with an onboard SiS 900 NIC.
>>
>>I've been a lot more interested in getting UDMA-100 out of the SiS 5591.
>>The SiS-745 based mbs are replacements for systems with existing Intel
>>Pro 100+ or 3Com 509b's for NICs. The original systems also had existing
>>sound cards. The 5591 only runs UDMA-2 right now.
>>


-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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