Subject: Re: NIC advice
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/24/2006 10:57:52
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 04:13:19PM -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> That was the dirt-cheap end of the Intel mobo line.  33Mhz / 32 bit
> pci and a few ISA.

I see. I was asking because certain RealTek Gigabit Ethernet cards
are known not to work in 64Bit slots because they don't signal
correctly that they are 32Bit cards.

> >> ... doesn't recognize a Linksys EG-1032 (a $25 Gigabit NIC pci card).
> >
> > That's why you shouldn't buy RealTek network cards. ;-)
> 
> I don't think the chips on that are Realtek.  That was supposed to be
> a good card. "sk" and "Marvel".
> 
>     skc0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: irq 5
>     skc0: interrupt moderation is 0 us
>     skc0: SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter rev. (0x1)
>     sk0 at skc0 port A: Ethernet address 00:0c:41:eb:ae:b9
>     makphy0 at sk0 phy 0: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3
>     makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto

Ah, it is the old revision of the card.

	Kind regards

-- 
Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/