Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:27:17 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Keith Pitcher <kpitcher@locallink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tx0 + 4.1.1 NIC problems Message-ID: <20001116112717.A51131@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <20001115173126.03991@locallink.net>; from kpitcher@locallink.net on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:31:26PM -0500 References: <20001115173126.03991@locallink.net>
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:31:26PM -0500, Keith Pitcher wrote: > I had a 3.4 system that has ran fine for about a year. Updated it to 4.1.1 > and the system installed via boot disk and FTP fine. But after that it > refuses to boot past detection of the network card. I pulled the card out > and things booted fine. I put in a new NIC, booted fine. Rebooted, and it > locked in the same place. This is using the generic kernel. I put in another > new card, booted once then it locked up. Tested the cards on a win machine > and they work fine. In summary if I boot from floppy the card works. If I boot > with a brand new NIC it works. After that it locks up. > > I recompiled the kernel to include ONLY the tx and miibus for network cards > and it still locked up. I threw in an NE2000 card and things work fine using > the ed driver. > > Here is a message at the point of hanging. > > tx0: <SMC EtherPower II 10/100> port 0xf400-0xf4ff mem 0xffaef000-0xffaeffff > irq 11 at device 11.0 on pci0 > miibus0: <MII bus> on tx0 > nsphy0: <QS6612 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > <System Hangs> > > Today I tried installing fbsd 4.1.1 from a cdrom on a system with an SMC > card on another system. It installed fine, but then it too locked upon reboot > at the same place. > > Any ideas - other then to avoid SMC tx cards? (Which I haven't had a problem > with since they've been supported in 2.2.8) I had exactly the same problem, I'd suggest waiting for 4.2 to be released or trying with 4.2RC1 as -STABLE is currently working fine for me despite breaking when the tx driver started using miibus. I don't know when it got fixed, but it was after 4.1.1 was released. -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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