Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 13:35:43 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Alan Judge <ajudge@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: thomas@lkg.dec.com, questions@freebsd.org, nops@maths.tcd.ie, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: de0 support for SMC8432BT EtherPower PCI Message-ID: <199510202035.NAA01153@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Oct 95 18:10:39 BST." <9510201810.aa18911@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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>We've just got a new server with one of these cards installed. We >installed 2.1.0-951005-SNAP via ftp using the card and all worked >fine. > >However, when the new system rebooted, it said that the ethernet >address was unknown. Further probing and debugging reveals that the >card seems to contain a DC21041 chip rather than a 21040. The initial >unknown problem was due to yet another PROM layout (ether address at >offset 20, but only 32 bytes altogether). I fixed this and got a >little further but am now getting trap faults. > >Before going any further (and while I compile a debugging kernel), I >want to check if anyone else has one of these new SMC cards or has >solved the 21041 support issue. A hint as to why the boot floppy >works might help a lot. Hmmm...the driver in the 10-5 snapshot has Matt's fixes for the 21041...and since it works on the install floppy, this is really strange. What revision is the if_de.c file in your sources? Look for $Id: just after the copyright. -DG
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