Re: Heads up: NEWCARD is coming

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Both Silicom cards are dc0 under FreeBSD 5.x. 10Mbps dc card works out 
> :of the box while 100Mbps card has problems with auto detection of media. 
> :  If I manually set it to 100Mbps full-duplex it works fine. Without 
> :that it does not discover link.
> :
> :3Com card is xl0 device.
> :
> :I will happily test any patches if needed.
> :
> :Thanks!
> :
> :Tomaz
>  
>     DCx cards will probably always have problems with auto-detection of
>     media.  It was broken from day one and it doesn't look like the vendor
>     ever fixed it.  I would stay away from that chipset.

	Well, I have a dc driver update target on my ToDo list.  If I
	get some time this week, I will bring in the various driver
	fixes that were made in RELENG_4 and CURRENT into DragonFly.

	Regards,

		-- Hiten