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Date:      Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:15:59 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Hans Zaunere <zaunere@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: D-Link DFE-530TX+ Support
Message-ID:  <3B61F62F.D51F6D92@urx.com>
References:  <20010727230552.86490.qmail@web12803.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hans Zaunere wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've just installed the PCI D-Link DFE-530TX+ card
> with the generic kernel and no mention of it is made
> in either dmesg or ifconfig -a.  The only thing I see
> in dmesg is:
> 
> pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1186, dev=0x1300) at
> 16.0 irq 11
> 
> I've done some research and found that this card's
> prior version, (without the '+') worked fine, but this
> version, which has WOL needs some tweaking, but will
> work fine after manually setting the media type.  I do
> not need to use the WOL feature.  I've read that this
> '+' card uses the Realtek 8139 chipset.  I also notice
> that the GENERIC kernel has rl support built in,
> however nothing is working still.
> 
> Could anyone tell me how to get this card working?
> Either something to read, something to download, or
> something to do with the kernel.  And someone tell me,
> if once this card works, is it good?  Anything would
> be great,

If you look at the changes added 5 or 6 days ago to if_rl.c and
if_rlreg.h, you can make your system recognize the DFE-530TX+. You could
also move the files on freebsd.org into the directory /usr/src/sys/pci/
and just build a new kernel.

Kent

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Hans Z.
> zaunere@yahoo.com
> 
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