Subject: Re: Driver for Sundance TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/26/2001 18:48:01
Just to follow up- the latest for the Antares cards shows them working pretty
well in 1000BASE-T versions (but not confirmed on NetBSD yet), but not for
Fibre.

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> Folks...
>
> I have written and committed a driver for the Sundance Tech. TC9021
> Gigabit Ethernet chip.  This chip is found on the D-Link DGE-550T
> (which I hear is not yet available in the USA) and will be on the
> Antares Gigabit Ethernet when that board is availale, as well (it's
> geared for the Sun market).
>
> I have both 1000BASE-SX (fiber) and 1000BASE-T (cat5) sample boards,
> but I have not yet been successful with the 1000BASE-T version.  That
> said, the 1000BASE-SX version seems to work pretty well (modulo some
> bugs that should be fixed in the next rev of the silicon).
>
> stge0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: Sundance TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet, rev. 7
> stge0: interrupting at irq 11
> stge0: Ethernet address 00:33:07:33:1a:66
> gentbi0 at stge0 phy 1: Generic ten-bit interface, rev. 0
> gentbi0: 1000baseSX, 1000baseSX-FDX, auto
>
> As always, please report problems with the driver via send-pr(1).
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --
>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
>