From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Mar 12 12:30:11 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A573837B401 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:30:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from k6.locore.ca (k6.locore.ca [198.96.117.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756E743FBF for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:30:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: from k6.locore.ca (localhost.locore.ca [127.0.0.1]) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2CKXqxS054585; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:33:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jake@k6.locore.ca) Received: (from jake@localhost) by k6.locore.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h2CKXq3J054584; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:33:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:33:52 -0500 From: Jake Burkholder To: Marian Dobre Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc64 and standard PCI devices Message-ID: <20030312153352.C50948@locore.ca> References: <3E6F9524.30801@onix.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3E6F9524.30801@onix.ro>; from mari@onix.ro on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:14:28PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Apparently, On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:14:28PM +0200, Marian Dobre said words to the effect of; > Hello, > > I've installed FreeBSD 5.0 Sparc64 on a E450 and I'm trying to use > standard PCI ethernet cards. > According to > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/sparc64/support.html#ETHERNET > these cards are supposed to be supported but I can't get them to work. > I've tried RTL8139 card with the if_rl driver and 3COM905 card with > if_xl driver. The cards are detected by the software but they dont send > or receive any packet. I even recompiled all the software on the box and > the kernel. They still don't work. > This is the output of uname -a > FreeBSD freebsd.onix.ro 5.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Sat > Jan 18 07:39:17 CET 2003 > root@freebsd.onix.ro:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM sparc64 > Please let me know if these are are supposed to be working on sparc64 > platforms. > > Thanks in advance, These work in all the other machines that I know about which have been tested; ultra 10, ultra 60, e250, blade 100. The e450 has somewhat peculiar interrupt routing, so it may have problems with the current code, I know that the 4 port qfe card does not work right in it. I have remote access to an e450, I'll poke around a little and see if I can get the qfe card to work, that may help with the other cards. Jake To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message