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From: nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp (Naoki Hamada)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: vx0 & bad network speeds
Date: 12 Sep 1996 09:27:12 +0900
Organization: NEC Corporation
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In-reply-to: heller@cdnow.com's message of 9 Sep 1996 20:33:25 GMT
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A. Karl Heller wrote:
>  I have a 3com3c595-TX card on a FBSD2.5.1 system.  Upon bootup the message
>says its an early version card.

This message is only for the 3C590 card. The vx driver cannot properly
distinguish the 3C590 board and the 3C595 adapter.

>  In any case, I'm experiencing data throughput problems:

That is too bad...

>   Is this the problem described above or is there some major problem
>with the networking code on 2.5.1.

The vx driver is broken. I am now trying to figure out what is wrong,
but I am still not sure.

-nao