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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!nntp.uio.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: ajudge@maths.tcd.ie (Alan Judge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: [pccard-test-960508] Problems with nep on Digital HiNote Ultra II Date: 12 Jun 1996 10:40:30 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4pm3ae$9db@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> References: <4p458s$lbt@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> <4p932t$lbv@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> <nqPssz0@quack.kfu.com> <4pjjmo$8c5@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> <4pl316$2ga@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gosset.maths.tcd.ie nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) writes: >Using some slightly modified patches from the most recent Nomad releases >I've got a patched if_ep.c that works with either AUI/BNC ports on both >a 3C589B and a 3C589C. However, the patches need to be tested to make >sure they don't break the existing 3C5X9 non-laptop users, so until I >get some feedback from my testers they won't be committed. >Hopefully it'll get committed to -current in the next week where you >folks can grab it and try it out. Thanks. I might give them a try when you commit. However, I managed to get my current config working last night. The symptoms are bizarre and I document them here in the hope that they might help someone debugging or improving the drivers. [Note that this only seems to happen with 10Base2; all seemed well on a brief test with 10BaseT.] This is entirely repeatable and the machine works fine when booted using this setup. On my machine what you have to do is: - Configure the card with -link0 link1 in the ifconfig_nep0 line This leaves ifconfig showing LINK1, with should be correct. At this point, the light is flashing and input errors climb fast. - Then do ifconfig nep0 -link1 (added as an insert action in pccard.conf) This leaves ifconfig showing no LINKx flags at all, which should mean (according to the source) that it defaults to the card EEPROM default which I think is 10BaseT. However, the card remains connected to the 10Base2 net and starts working fine. I find this more than a little odd :-) -- Alan Judge <A HREF="http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie/dsg_people/amjudge">Magic!</A> "I have an 8 user poetic license" - terry@icarus.weber.edu