Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:39:59 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: lcremean@tidalwave.net, stevec@dalnet.com, kaleb@ics.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, root@jtrevick.student.simons-rock.edu Subject: Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle Message-ID: <199811251440.JAA25244@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199811250208.SAA02572@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Nov 24, 98 06:08:33 pm
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Mike Smith had to walk into mine and say: > > I got a Linksys EtherFast PCI card > > Older Linksys cards are supported by the 'de' driver; you can tell > these because the large chip on the card has "digital" written on it. > > New ones use a new chipset and require a new driver not yet integrated > into FreeBSD. Aw c'mon Mike, why didn't you tell him how to get the driver so he can test it? I need testers. First of all, the actual model of the card should be LNE100TX. Look closely at the largest chip on the card: if it says LINKSYS and 82c169 on it, then it's a PNIC chip and you need the pn driver from: http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/PNIC There's code for FreeBSD 3.0 and 2.2.x, and a README to explain how to make a custom kernel with the driver in it. BTW, there's a reason I've held off on merging this driver for the moment: I've just recently figured out how to crank the transmit performance up to 11MB/sec on these tulip clones and I want to fine tune things a little. If you have problems, report them to wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu. -Bill P.S. If somebody knows where I can get a Macronix 98713 card (that's 98713, _NOT_ 98713A) or has one they aren't using, please get in touch with me. The 98713 is a little different from the 98713A: it should receive and transmit okay with the mx driver, but the NWAY support is broken and I can't fix it without a sample card. -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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