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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-angers.fr!ciril.fr!news.imag.fr!news.ujf-grenoble.fr!pc_bruno From: gilles.bruno@ujf-grenoble.fr (Gilles BRUNO) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Any news about DEC 21140-AC chipset support ? Date: 27 Nov 1996 07:44:55 GMT Organization: Universite Joseph Fourier - France Lines: 27 Message-ID: <57grhn$6fu@ujf.ujf-grenoble.fr> References: <57ebv4$klg@ujf.ujf-grenoble.fr> <329B5474.41C67EA6@jnet.vi> NNTP-Posting-Host: adm-bruno.ujf-grenoble.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: 21140AC network UTP BNC/AUI X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <329B5474.41C67EA6@jnet.vi>, John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi> wrote: > >I too have been bitten by this in 2.1.5R. I have made arrangements to >"trade down" to the SMC Etherpower 10 (no fast ethernet) and I can only >hope that they work with the driver in 2.1.5R. I have two older machines >running 2.1.0R that do work with the Etherpower 10 of the same (older) >vintage. > >I would love to find a driver patch that works with the new cards, as I >can't write one myself. > Well. I've recently built the new 2.1.6 release kernel wich seems to work finer - when connected to a hub, the de0 light won't anymore come down during the bootup probe... My only problem is that whatever I declare in the /etc/sysconfig : ifconfig de0 inet .... netmask .... [link0|link1|link2] the if_de.c driver still continues to enable the BNC/AUI port, *BUT* my card only have an UTP (twisted pair) port !!! If anyone has any clues... let my know ! -- Gilles BRUNO Universite Joseph Fourier - CRIP Domaine Universitaire 38041 St Martin d'Heres FRANCE Tel 04 76 63 56 68 Fax 04 76 51 42 74