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Date:      Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:55:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        Ron Steele <rjs@asd.banctec.com>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Slow 3c590's
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.92.960411145453.2576f-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960411111117.26953A-100000@teller.asd.banctec.com>

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I have had nothing but trouble with 3c590's, from not-rebooting, to the
same errors you're seeing.  SMC cards work great.

On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Ron Steele wrote:

> We finally have a FreeBSD router set up.  The configuration is a
> Dell P133 with 4 3c590's.  The performace of this system is pretty
> dismal.  Does anyone have any pointers on how to speed things up?
> OS is snap 03/23/96
>
> chip0 <Intel 82437 (Triton) PCI cache memory controller> rev 2 on pci0:0
> chip1 <Intel 82371 (Triton) PCI-ISA bridge> rev 2 on pci0:7
> piix0 <Intel 82371 (Triton) Bus-master IDE controller> rev 2 on pci0:7
> vx0 <3Com 3c590 EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:13
> aui/bnc/utp[*BNC*] address 00:a0:24:56:41:19
> Warning! Defective early revision adapter!
> vx1 <3Com 3c590 EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:14
> aui/bnc/utp[*BNC*] address 00:a0:24:72:e7:70
> Warning! Defective early revision adapter!
> vx2 <3Com 3c590 EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:15
> aui/bnc/utp[*BNC*] address 00:a0:24:72:eb:ba
> Warning! Defective early revision adapter!
> vx3 <3Com 3c590 EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:16
> aui/bnc/utp[*BNC*] address 00:a0:24:59:da:e1
> Warning! Defective early revision adapter!
>
> The warning about "early revision adapter!" seem ominous.  These
> cards are straight from the vendor with revisions of "b" or "d" marked
> on each board.
>
> Thank,
>
> Ron
>




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