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From: eilts@late.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Hinrich Eilts)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: 3C509 not seen in FreeBSD 1.1Beta
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 09:28:07 GMT
Organization: LATE, Uni-Erlangen, Germany
Message-ID: <2m97r7E17b@uni-erlangen.de>
References: <2m7akr$t5@sophia.inria.fr> <2m7nfg$f06@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU>
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wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes:
>In article <2m7akr$t5@sophia.inria.fr>,
>Andres Vega Garcia <avega@pax.inria.fr> wrote:
>>"ed0 not found at 0x280"
>A 3C509 is not compatible with a 3C503. Use the `ep' driver. This
>probably isn't included in the distribution kernels (it's known to be
>slightly buggy under high load conditions), so you'll have to find
>someone with the sources already loaded who can make you a new kernel.
>[Obligatory comment: the `ep' driver was originally written for NetBSD
>by Theo deRaadt, and ported to FreeBSD by someone. The version in the
>1.1-Beta distribution probably won't even compile, but the -current
>version should.]
The 'ep' driver in FreeBSD-1.1-BETA works, I testet it, but:
somtimes, by transferring great ammounts, it hungs. If it (mostly) works,
transfer is a bit uneven and noy very fast.
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