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From: matt@3am-software.com (Matt Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DEC 21x4x based PCI ethernet cards (deX driver)
Date: 22 Dec 1996 19:02:04 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas)
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To: chad@xmission.xmission.com (Chad Leigh)
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In article <58tia9$3aa@xmission.xmission.com>,
chad@xmission.xmission.com (Chad Leigh) writes:
>
>I have a FreeBSD machine that has 2 Kingston PCI ethernet cards (10bT)
>based on DEC 21041 chip. This card can bus master.
*must*
>One of my cards sits in a bus mastering capable slot and the other one is
>in a slave PCI slot -- no bus mastering capability.
Move it to different slot. It must be in a bus-mastering slot.
>I guess the question is: does the deX driver for the DEC 2104x line of
>chips on FreeBSD assume that the card is a bus master and not work
>otherwise? Would a bus master card work in slave mode in a non bus master
>slot? DOes any of that matter? Any other ideas?
The card does everhything via bus-mastering therefore both cards must
be in bus-mastering slots.
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Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com
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