Subject: Re: Linksys re(4) problems
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/06/2007 18:27:58
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:06:33 -0500
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 04:57:00PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > I just picked up a Linksys re(4) board, in preparation to
> > converting my house to gigabit networking.  I've noticed two
> > problems with the board thus far.
> 
> Can you please give at least partial dmesg output?  Many different
> chips and chip revisions use this driver.
> 

Sorry -- I'd intended to but forgot.

re0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: Linksys EG1032 rev. 3 Gigabit Ethernet
re0: interrupting at irq 10
re0: Ethernet address 00:18:f8:08:fb:a2
re0: using 256 tx descriptors
ukphy0 at re0 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
ukphy0: RTL8169S/8110S 1000BASE-T media interface (OUI 0x00e04c, model
0x0011), rev. 0 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX,
1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto

And as was pointed out to me privately, my speed reports were off by
3 orders of magnitude -- it sends at 200M bps and receives at 420M bps.
(200M bps isn't horrid, but it's only about 2x faster than I get with the
100baseT Tulip card I had been using.)

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb