Subject: Re: sip driver SiS 900 Ethernet problems
To: Florian Stoehr <ich@florian-stoehr.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/17/2002 21:08:59
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 03:59:21PM +0200, Florian Stoehr wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i installed crusty-old 1.5.2 on my laptop yesterday. sis driver correctly
> detects the installed card.
> 
> but after configuring the interface, kernel reports
> 
> sis0: device timeout
> 
> then if I ifconfig down / ifconfig up the interface, a ping to the
> card's address SOMETIMES works, but NEVER to another host.
> 
> strange too: it reports an ethernet address 00:00:00:00....
> 
> someone out there who had similar problems and knows how to fix this, or
> perhaps someone knowing whether this driver is better in 1.6 ?!?

Yes, a few problems have been fixed in the driver since 1.5.2

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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