Subject: Re: srm/cogent tulip cards.
To: None <port-alpha@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/28/1998 20:00:00
At 11:08 AM 4/28/98 , Michael T. Stolarchuk wrote:
>
>i'm trying to get a 10/100 cogent eth card to
>do boot/bootp.  the card works find when the
>system is booted, but i'd like to get the kernel
>loaded from a dhcp server....
>
>But it seems like when i 'boot -proto bootp ewa0',
>the card *may* be transmitting in 100mb mode (the
>only clue here is the transmit lights on the card
>itself)
>
>is there an srm option to use 10mb?

The SRM only "knows" the Digital DExxx cards.  Since
the 21040/21041 all worked alike for the most part
it didn't who'se card you used.  The 2114x cards only
the DE500-xx will work.
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