Subject: Re: getting a CATS to use el cheapo ne0 & sb0
To: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
From: Mark Brinicombe <mark@causality.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 09/01/1998 02:10:38
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> > A while ago I found $9 21142 10/100baseT PCI cards lurking there. (I
> > really should try and work out why the NetBSD de driver does not like it
> > ;-)
> 
> Please do! I much prefer the "Tulip" cards although their PHY chips seem to
> run hot, or at least all the cards I tried out last year did...
> 
> > Hmm what chip do the cards use ? what vendor and product ID's does the
> > firmware report for the card. The current firmware recognises the
> > following chips
> > 
> > REALTEK RT8029
> > WINBOND W89C940F
> > VIATECH VT86C926
> 
> The i386 believes this board to be a Realtek 8029.
> 
> However!! All is not well. I tried some real tests with the board today, and
> it appears to suck with the netbsd-1.3.2 ne2000 driver. Get this:

Hmm I have a Genius badged card here with an RTL8029 that works fine. If
the firmware does not attach a driver then either there is a problem
recognising the ID or there is an error during driver attachment which
should be reported.

Cheers,
				Mark