Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:14:02 -0800 (PST) From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) To: daniel@hingis.org (Daniel Kim) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: D-Link DFE-550TX Woes Message-ID: <20001201191403.08C8B37B400@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301017560.37990-100000@omnia.qwarp.com> from Daniel Kim at "Nov 30, 2000 10:27:31 am"
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> I have had problems with the D-Link DFE-550TX card ever since I > installed FreeBSD.4.1-RELEASE > I haven't done much to this driver since I wrote it, so I'm not quite sure what your problem could be. It would help if you could a) provide a complete dmesg from your system so we can see what other hardware you have, and b) provide a test case that triggers the problem. > <2 3699-0> (10:15:58) [ dk@omnia ~ ]% uname -vm > FreeBSD 4.2-BETA #0: Fri Nov 10 17:39:54 EST 2000 > root@omnia.qwarp.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MATRIX i386 > > <2 3700-0> (10:16:03) [ dk@omnia ~ ]% dmesg | grep -i ste0 > ste0: <D-Link DFE-550TX 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe400-0xe47f mem 0xe1000000-0xe100007f irq 11 > at device 8.0 on pci0 > > <2 3701-0> (10:19:50) [ dk@omnia ~ ]% tail /var/log/messages > Nov 30 01:23:41 omnia /kernel: ste0: transmission error: 88 The 0x08 part of this means 'excess collisions.' What you also need to do is show us what 'ifconfig ste0' says so we can tell what the link state is supposed to be, and explain what the NIC is connected to (switch, hub, crossover cable, whatever). You only get collisions in half-duplex mode, so the card thinks the link is half-duplex. > Any suggestions on why the NIC keeps stalling? Not without more info. > If this is a driver/NIC specific issue, I am willing to purchase a 3c905x > since I believe the xl device has been proven and tested good under > FreeBSD. The Sundance ST201 is actually a clone of the 3Com 3c90x series, in that it has much the same programming API. It's not that bad a chip. I'd much rather diagnose the problem rather than having you scurry off and switch cards. Out of curiosity, where did you purchase this card? I wasn't aware that D-Link was selling the DFE-550TX in the U.S. yet. (A lot of their cards turn up only in asian markets. For example, I've yet to see a DFE-540TX (Macronix 98715-based) anywhere in the U.S.) -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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