On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Eric Damien Berna wrote:

> Two weeks ago I posted a message asking for help in getting a 
> Meghertz Ethernet/Modem card to work in a PowerBook 2400.  Well, 
> after trying a number of things (thanks Martin), it was getting 
> beyond my ability to proceed, requiring programing skills I don't 
> have.  So I gave up.  I'll do a send-pr about the problem, and maybe 
> somebody else will be able to fix it.
> 
	Please do!

> So to get a working NetBSD machine, I've traded the PowerBook 2400 
> for a PowerBook 3400 (actually, they are both mine to use, I just 
> swapped what I'm using them for).  The 3400 has built in Ethernet, 
> where the 2400 doesn't, so I thought it would work.  I was wrong. 
> The boot messages say it is recognized, but networking simply doesn't 
> work.
> 
> I'm running NetBSD 1.5 Alpha2 compiled from sources as of two weeks 
> ago, since the PowerBook isn't fully supported in 1.4.2.  I compiled 
> my own kernel, with these changes to the base configuration: I turned 
> off IPv6, since I don't have IPv6 support on my network, I added 
> device support for the Megahertz card, since I have an extra one and 
> can test fixes if anyone works on a fix, and turned off all the USB 
> stuff to reduce size since I don't have a USB, and hardwired root to 
> wd1a since it couldn't find the root volume on its own.
> 
> The boot messages referring to the Ethernet port  are:
> 
> 	de0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0
> 	de0: interrupting at irq 27
> 	de0: Asante 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 2.1
> 	de0: address 00:00:94:78:67:f3
> 
> and ifconfig de0 gives:
> 
> de0: 
> flags=8c63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 
> mtu 1500
> 	media: Ethernet autoselect
> 	inet 205.243.213.97 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 205.243.213.255
> 
> But it doesn't work.  I configured the network exactly like I set up 
> a Power Mac 8500 running NetBSD 1.4.2 running on the same Ethernet 
> network (except of course I gave the PowerBook its own address).
> 
> Does NetBSD 1.5's networking setup change in a significant way with 
> IPv6 off, therefore I've set it up wrong?  Is the internal Ethernet 
> port on the 3400 not supported?  Should I give up on using the 
> PowerBooks and use something else?
> 
	IPv6 should not make any difference (I've run machines either
	way).

	Could you try 'options        TLP_MATCH_21041' to see if the newer
	'tlp' driver handles your card better than the 'de' driver.


                David/absolute
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