Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:04:19 -0500 From: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with vx0 (3Com) Message-ID: <19980821110419.A29556@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <35DD7F0B.7EBFC645@webwizard.org.mx>; from Edwin Culp on Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 09:07:08AM -0500 References: <199808211319.JAA14105@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> <35DD7F0B.7EBFC645@webwizard.org.mx>
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the vx driver will continue to work for the 3c590 and 3c595 cards. paul Edwin Culp (eculp@webwizard.org.mx) wrote: > Anybody tried it with the 3c595, that poor folks like us might still have? > > Thanks > > ed > > Bill Paul wrote: > > > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Charlie ROOT > > had to walk into mine and say: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Todays current doesn't see vx0 anymore... Help. > > > > Aw, couldn't you have provided more information that this? This is not > > enough to help you. It's not even enough to make a guess. (Well, maybe, > > but not an informed guess.) > > > > What kind of network card do you have that's supposed to be detected > > by the vx driver? A new driver (xl) was added recently to handle all of > > the 3Com Etherlink XL cards (3c900, 3c905 and 3c905B, which up until > > now was not supported. The vx driver supported some of these cards, > > but not fully and not very efficiently; support for the 3c90x cards > > in the vx driver was disabled so that the xl driver would detect them > > instead. Which one did you have, and did you look for xl0 instead of vx0? > > > > There are two things that could have gone wrong here: > > > > - The xl driver failed to detect your card, either because of a bug > > or because I screwed up somehow when I imported it (nobody else has > > complained about this so far though; I'll see if there's been a recent > > snapshot and snag a copy of the boot floppy to make sure it sees the > > cardson my systems). > > > > - You used an old kernel configuration file as opposed to GENERIC > > and your custom configuration doesn't specify the xl driver. If this > > is the case, add the following line your config file under where > > it says 'device vx0': > > > > device xl0 > > > > You will also need to edit your rc.conf file to use xl0 instead of > > vx0. > > > > - The driver is in the kernel and it did detect your card, but all you > > saw were the error messages from the rc scripts saying that there was > > no such interface as xl0. Check the dmesg output, and edit your > > /etc/rc.conf file as necessary. > > > > NOTE: If your card is a COMBO (like the 3c900 COMBO) and the driver > > selects the wrong media, use the ifmedia options to select the > > right one: > > > > # ifconfig xl0 media 10baseT/UTP (for RJ-45 twisted pair) > > # ifconfig xl0 media 10base2/BNC (for coax/thinnet) > > # ifconfig xl0 media 10base5/AUI (for AUI) > > > > You can also add the 'media foo' options to the 'interfaces' > > lines in your /etc/rc.conf to insure the right media is selected > > when the machine boots. > > > > For the TPO cards there's only one possible media so it can't > > get that wrong, and for the 100Mbps cards it should autoselect > > the speed and duplex modes. (You can still force a particular > > mode if you want.) > > > > -Bill > > > > -- > > ============================================================================= > > -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-current" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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