Re: [9fans] Fileserver question

[forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk]

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you're right about the ne2000 and the file server.
the file server device set is a fairly small subset
of the cpu/terminal support, based on what has been
used to build file servers.  since
those are typically built to give some degree of
performance, ne2000/8390-based things might not
be the cards of choice.  one way or another that
device support will improve, but that doesn't do you
a lot of good now.

in ether82557.c make sure it reads
		if(bmcr & 0x2000)
			ether->mbps = 100;
		else
			ether->mbps = 10;
and specifically that the else isn't missing.


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From: Sam Ducksworth <sam@ducksworth.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Fileserver question
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:50:55 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108161542240.43051-100000@lucifer.ducksworth.com>

well i spoke too soon. now i am having problems
with the network card. first i had a ne2000 card
in it, but after looking at the fs src i do not
see a driver for the ne2000. next i changed the
plan9.ini and installed a i82557 compatable intel
card that was in my terminal.

the fs kernel detects the card and boots fine but
nothing works. i noticed the following during boot:

ether0: i82557: 0Mbps port 0xe400 irq 12: 0002630325a0
               ^^^^^^
i even did like the man page said and tried to force
it using the '10BASE-T' option in the plan9.ini file.

--sam

> the trailing '0' was the problem. finally, i have
> a real file server...thanks!