From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 30 15:13:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F029237B416 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:13:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 30 Jan 2002 23:13:37 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:13:36 +0000 From: David Malone To: John Polstra Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU Subject: Re: Broadcom 5701 (3com 3c996B-T) phy support in 4.5? Message-ID: <20020130231336.GA30014@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200201300133.RAA10055@Pescadero.DSG.Stanford.EDU> <200201301941.g0UJf5204291@vashon.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200201301941.g0UJf5204291@vashon.polstra.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 11:41:05AM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > > From investigating the Linux driver, I gather there are a few features > > in these chips which may need workarounds (e.g., the Debian driver > > includes a new firmware image for some 5701 revs'; and forces master > > mode in some revs, to avoid a CRC bug. Caveat emptor.) > > Yes, there are quite a few mysterious workarounds in that driver. We've had alot of trouble with the builtin card in our Dell 2550s. I'm going to try swapping hardware to see if we've got a bad machine, but I suspect the chip is just plain broken. Where can you get the Linux driver from? I might try stealing some of the hacks in it to see if it fixes the problems we're seeing. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message