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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:18:48 -0500
From:      Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: SMC 9332BDT Help me please...
Message-ID:  <A03CD00C69B1D01195AB00A024ECEB1617362E@kaori.Communique.Net>

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I just finished upgrading 3 servers to the SMC newer card, using the
latest drivers from http://www.3am-software.com (I think they are date
June 18).

The cards are performing alright on a 10baseT switch.  but.....
Whenever I move the cards to my 100baseTX hub, i get _verry poor_
performance.
At this time, I am 

iyoko:~$ netstat -w 8
            input        (Total)           output
   packets  errs      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls
       904     0     280436        831     0     367682    32
      1012     0     258319       1017     0     413742    48

if I swap the card to the 10obaseTX hub, input drops to 1/2, output
drops to 1/10 of the traffic:

iyoko:~$ netstat -w 8
            input        (Total)           output
   packets  errs      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls
       904     0     131634        374     0      54872    32
      1012     0     112762        321     0      67218    48

and keeps goping down as time goes on....

Is this an effect of the driver, a broken card (3 of them) or a
limitation on ????

My kernel says:
de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32 int a irq 11 on pci0:14
de0: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
de0: address 00:e0:29:05:9c:c0
de0: media: 1="10baseT" 2="Full Duplex 10baseT" 3="100baseTX" 4="Full
Duplex 100baseTX"

and 
de0: enabling 100baseTX port
de0: enabling 10baseT port
de0: enabling 100baseTX port
de0: link down: cable problem?
de0: enabling 10baseT port

as I move the card from one hub to the other.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Narvi [SMTP:narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee]
> Sent:	Friday, June 20, 1997 7:25 AM
> To:	Nadav Eiron
> Cc:	Samy Touati; questions@FreeBSD.ORG; hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: SMC 9332BDT Help me please...
> 
> 
> [I hope anyone answering is wiser than me and deletes either -hackers
> or
> -questions from the cc: list]
> 
> On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Nadav Eiron wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Samy Touati wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > In the rel notes of 2.2.2 it's clear that the SMC9332 BDT should
> work.
> > > I installed one and it dies as soon as it gets probed by the
> kernel at
> > > boot time.
> > > The chipset 21140A is identified with pass 2.0 and it tries to
> enable the
> > > 100TX port.
> > 
> > The newer versions of the 21140A chipset are not supported by the
> current 
> > driver. However, a replacement (beta quality) driver is available
> at:
> > 
> > http://www.3am-software.com
> > 
> > Most people report it to work fine with the newer cards. Also look
> in the 
> > hackers list archives for discussions of newer de drivers.
> 
> Why are you calling it beta quality? It is at least as good as the old
> driver (zero problems with both around here). As for replacement -
> FreeBSD
> de driver hasn't just been resyncronised yet with the independent,
> multiplatform, etc. de driver. And so it lacks some features.
> 
> 	Sander
> 
> 	There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future -
> 	all these are just illusions.
> 
> [snip]



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