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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Problems with WD8013 and 386BSD 0.1
Date: 2 Feb 1993 01:25:05 -0500
Organization: The Programmers' Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI
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I'm having a problem with a WD8013 (SMC Ethercard Plus Elite 16,
actually) and 386BSD 0.1. I have not applied any patches to the
kernel; I'm using a kernel compiled from the stock source tree, with
the only change being to the "device we0" line in the GENERICISA
config file to change the interrupt and I/O address.
The problem is that although 386BSD seems to be able to send packets
using the card, it can't receive them. Received packets seem to just
drop through the cracks somewhere; the RX light on the card flickers,
but the number of packets received on the we0 interface never
increases.
Is this a known bug? Is it fixed by the patchkit? (I haven't yet
applied the patchkit because this machine only has 70MB of disk, and
applying the patchkit without being able to NFS-mount more disk from
one of the servers on the net is going to be *very* painful...) Any
ideas on what I can do to track this down?
--
Marc Unangst, N8VRH | "Of course, in order to understand this you
mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | have to remember that the nucleus of the atom
| is squishy."
| -W. Scheider, from a Physics lecture