[Soekris] OpenBSD and Net5501-70 'vr' issues?

[K K]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Moe Sizlak <sizlak1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As someone mentioned earlier the problem seems to be entirely vr driver related.

This makes me concerned.

We've had a couple of 5501's from KD85 running as simple Internet
firewalls (OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3) for a couple of months now with no
reliability issues, and I just ordered four more systems for
deployment on new installs where we need only a few megabits (6-16).

Should we worry?


> I threw an amdtek nic in (tulip/fxp chipset related) and have had no problems
> with any more hard resets.

I'd really prefer to avoid such a workaround, but if that is
necessary, is there any particular dual-port card known to work well?


> I will see how it goes over the next few days but note to
> freebsd/monowall/openbsd developers
> the vr driver is *broken* for soekris net5501.
>
> Not all users but certainly enough.

Very disappointing.  Where's the best place to find and follow details
for this problem?


Thanks,

Kevin