I just tried a 3com 3c905 NIC (my roommate's) and it _also_ transfers slowly (about 3.5MB/sec, so just under half of what i used to get with my realtek in -stable). It also spit out a few messages:
xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xe800-0xe83f irq 5 at device 8.0 on pci0 xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:91:4c:fe miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0 nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto xl0: transmission error: 90 xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 120 bytes xl0: transmission error: 90 xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 180 bytes xl0: transmission error: 90 xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 240 bytes xl0: transmission error: 90 xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 300 bytes I'd really rather not play around with different versions of FreeBSD to fix this problem, because this computer is where I keep all of my stuff, and with exams, I just won't have the time. Yes I know that I "shouldn't be using 5.0 then" but a problem is a problem and it should be fixed. -Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Craig Reyenga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 00:06 Subject: Re: Any ideas at all about network problem? > Craig Reyenga wrote: > > It worked fine in 4.7 and all previous versions, just DP2 dunno about DP1. > > Well, you will have to back up to a version of the source code > before DP2 that didn't have the problem, perform a binary search > to find the exact delta that caused the problem, and examine the > code differences in order to find the problem change, and why it > causes the problem. > > Personally, I'd start with DP1, but that's because I have a > CDROM locally, and the CVS tree is not always buildable, since > there is no software enforcement of buildability before a change > is committed. > > There are almost 2 years worth of changes in the things which > were not brough back to the -STABLE branches from -CURRENT, so > diffing 4.7 and DP2 isn't likely to get you anywhere, I think. > > -- Terry > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
