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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!fjholden.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: quartet 10/100 card installation problems Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 09:38:50 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 42 Message-ID: <33331C0A.36FA@OntheNet.com.au> References: <33316AB2.41C6@webcity.nl> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: jasper Lankhorst <jasper@webcity.nl> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37507 jasper Lankhorst wrote: > > Hi, > > i am configuring an new freebsd system, but i have some problems with a > quartet fast-ethernet board from cogent. > > I am using a: ana-6944A > > It seems like freebsd 2.2 does not recognice it. > > The ethernet board uses the 21140A DEC chipset. I read in some other > newsarticles that freebsd supports this chipset. The de driver generally does know how to drive this chip. However, the driver probably doesn't know that this chip is on the card! > > Does someone has a suggestion ? Yes... Basically, you need to "tell" the de driver what the Vendor/Device IDs for your card are. Without this, it will probably just pass over this card and assume that some other driver will pick it up. The docs for the card may five you the info you want and you will need to go in and edit the driver to add your card's IDs to the 'supported' list. This does not mean that the driver/card will work, only that the driver will attempt to use the card. If the PCI interface chip is programmed differently to that of the other supported cards, then it probably will not function correctly! > > Thanx, > Jasper > -- > Ing. Jasper Lankhorst, Zandsteen 25, 2132 MZ Hoofddorp > Tel: +31 20 6532311 > Fax.: +31 20 6532423 > E-mail:jasper@webcity.nl Tony