Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 07:55:23 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: bsd@birdland.rhein-neckar.de (BSD Mailinglisten-User) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower 10/100 no longer works Message-ID: <199611151555.HAA25439@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.961115150821.16886A-100000@birdland.rhein-neckar.de> from BSD Mailinglisten-User at "Nov 15, 96 03:41:22 pm"
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> Hi! > The work to fix the SMC9332BDT vs the SMC9332DST is under way. SMC has changed the card, you have the new model card :-(. > Today we received two new servers for our intranet. We had absolutely no > problems with the SMC Etherpower 10/100 in our older servers (running > 2.1.0 Release and now 2.1.5 stable), so we ordered the new servers with > this card. > > Our dealer informed us that there is a new version of the SMC Etherpower > 10/100 requiring new NT drivers. He had NT preinstalled on the machines, > so he could test them. We formated the disks and installed 2.1.5 Release. > The generic kernel on the bootdisk recognized the card, but after > initializing the linkstate led on the card went off. It was not possible > to use it. > > After putting the complete (and about 24h old) /usr/src and /usr/obj from > 2.1.5-stable on a tape, installing it on the new machine and installing > the latest stable-kernel, I did a reboot. This time, the linkstate-led is > on, but I received "de0: transmission timeout" messages. After > successfully locating an "old" SMC card in an unused PC I installed it in > the new machine. It works flawlessly. > > It seems that the new version isn't fully compatible to the old one. Is > there a patch available? > > The markings I found are: > > "old" SMC Etherpower 10/100: 60 600518-002 REV A 1994 9332 DST > Digital 21140-AB DC1010CA > > "new" : 60 600542-000 REV A 1996 9332 BDT > Digital 21140-AC DC1036DA > > The new board is much smaller, has less chips and no 9-pin sub-D port. > > > Martin > > | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: maja@birdland.rhein-neckar.de | > | Voice: +49 621/53 95 06 Fax: +49 621/53 95 07 | > | Snail Mail: Koenigsbacher Str. 16 D-67067 Ludwigshafen Germany | > | RNInet e.V. Rhein-Neckar Internet | > > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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