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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:48:48 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wpeters@xylan.com>
To:        dg@root.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fxp0 vs. 3.0 -- more info
Message-ID:  <3651FD50.351BBC9E@xylan.com>
References:  <199811172245.OAA00614@root.com>

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David Greenman wrote:
> 
> >First, I should point out this machine HAD BEEN RUNNING 2.2.6-RELEASE
> >just fine, right up until I lobotomized^H^H^H^H^H^Hupgraded it to 3.0.
> ...
> >If I try to configure fxp0, the system hangs immediately, before the
> >console can even move the cursor to the next line on the screen following
> >the ifconfig command.  The command I used is:
> >
> >       ifconfig fxp0 inet 192.168.110.151
> >
> >and the system just hangs hard.
> >
> >Help!?!?!?!?
> 
>    I'm not aware of any problems with the fxp driver in 3.x. I have a system
> here with the same rev 5 82558 chip, on the motherboard, that you have there
> and it works fine with 3.x.

Can I tickle the fxp driver to me a little more verbose when I use the
ifconfig command?  It would be useful to see what it thinks it's doing
on the way to hanging the system.

-- 
Wes Peters                                          Who's going to save you
Principal Engineer                                   When you're a slave to
Xylan Corporation                              A diamond as big as the Ritz
wpeters@xylan.com                                          -- Jimmy Buffett

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