On Sun, 9 May 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: > As Doug Rabson wrote ... > > On Sun, 9 May 1999, Khaled Daham wrote: > > > > > Hello folks > > > > > > I cvsupped,made world, built a kernel today and from now on the de > > > interfaces only comes up in 100BaseTX, what causes it not to negotiate ? > > > My Apr_29 kernel doesnt behave like this. > > > > > > The link lamp flickered like hell so it was quite a nice atmosphere for > > > awhile , but i got tired of it :) > > > > > > /Khaled, Telia Network Services > > > > > > Mail: kha...@telia.net > > > Cell: 070-6785492 > > > Work: 08-4567281 > > > > > > :hacker: /n./ [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] > > > > Some tulip boards in alpha systems don't autonegociate properly so the SRM > > has a way of forcing them to a particular mode. A change was made recently > > Recently... I think it's been there for a couple of years.
Maybe you are remembering a NetBSD change? We just started doing the same thing in FreeBSD recently. > > > to respect the SRM setting instead of using autoneg. The variable is > > typically called ewa0_mode. To find the right setting, type > > > > >>>set ewa0_mode > > > > from the SRM prompt and it will give you a list of settings. Choose one, > > then type e.g.: > > > > >>>set ewa0_mode Twisted-Pair > > Keep in mind that older SRMs that understand the older Tulip 10/100Mbit > chips (21140 IRRC) might not recognise the new ones (is that the 21143?) > > Bit me once.. Yeah. That must be why my 164lx won't netboot. -- Doug Rabson Mail: d...@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
