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Date:      Mon, 03 Dec 2001 14:59:47 -0500
From:      Greg Whynott <gwhynott@aw.sgi.com>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@prism.flugsvamp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP kernel issues: NIC driver time outs,  scsi bus resets; version  4.2R - 4.4R
Message-ID:  <3C0BD9B3.D4C5AF00@aw.sgi.com>
References:  <3C0BCE1C.B401AFE5@aw.sgi.com> <20011203132549.F21099@prism.flugsvamp.com>

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Thanks for the quick reply Jonathan,
	
	According to this web page I have the 440FX (NATOMA) chipset,  this is
my main board.

http://www.tyan.com/products/html/a_titanproat.html

	I'll visualy confirm this tonight.  (machine is at home)  


thanks again,
greg




Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:10:20PM -0500, Greg Whynott wrote:
> > Hello-
> >       The intel (fxp) NIC drivers usually do not work when I have enabled a
> > SMP kernel.  Is this a known problem with SMP kernels and device drivers
> > in the 4.X RELEASE line?
> 
> I think so.  The problem was recently observed by some other users,
> and they think it is specific to N440BX boards.  I can't tell
> from your dmesg, but does your motherboard happen to use this chipset?
> 
> The workaround at this point is to disable SMP.  Unfortunately, I don't
> have one of these boards here, so I can't test things out.
> --
> Jonathan

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