Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:30:23 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Matthew Zahorik <maz@albany.net> Cc: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dc driver for embedded ethernet on Miata MX5 problems Message-ID: <20000407003023.A3351@yedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <003301bfa013$f6e24530$6620a118@matthome>; from maz@albany.net on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:03:39PM -0400 References: <20000406212804.A1731@yedi.wbnet> <003301bfa013$f6e24530$6620a118@matthome>
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On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:03:39PM -0400, Matthew Zahorik wrote: > : Is there anything special that I'm overlooking maybe? Comments from fellow > : MX5 owners are invited as well. > > See bug kern/17829 Right.. I'm not alone ;-) > There are multiple issues with this driver (in my experience) on Alpha > hardware. I don't know if it's limited to Alpha hardware, since I don't > have a 21143 based PC card to try. I have multiple cards, and 2 of my Alphas have it embedded. > I have a 100Mb blade in my 500au, and the dc driver autoneg'd down to > 10Mb/hdx. Forcing it to 100Mb/fdx didn't work. Hm. I don't own a switch, I'm using a 10/100 hub. > I've never tried it on a 10Mb card, but with the multiple ways this driver > is broken already, it doesn't suprise me if it doesn't work. > > I just compiled out the dc driver and use the de driver instead. I That is what I did as I could not get the dc driver to work for me. > sacrifice full duplex operation but I get a well tested and pretty stable > driver. The dc driver needs some more time to mature, IMHO. Bill is normally very interested in feedback (detailed!! feedback that is) on his driver work. So I assume he will respond when he has time. I think I'll file a seperate bug with my experiences as they are slightly different. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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