Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:48:51 +0000 From: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> To: Phillip Neumann <phillip@sofsis.cl> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ Spam - HIGH ] Re: Dell Inspiron 630m Message-ID: <20060330174851.GF20678@gremlin.foo.is> In-Reply-To: <20060330171338.GE20678@gremlin.foo.is> References: <20060329154012.GA20678@gremlin.foo.is> <1143723986.1005.0.camel@localhost> <20060330132401.GC20678@gremlin.foo.is> <20060330171338.GE20678@gremlin.foo.is>
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More discoveries... When I recompile the kernel without bfe and load the bfe driver as a module after boot I can ifconfig the card up without going into an interrupt storm but the card still doesn't work. I get occasional messages on the console: bfe0: watchdog timeout -- resetting Baldur On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 05:13:38PM +0000, Baldur Gislason wrote: > On a side note, I tried booting freebsd without acpi and now I see that when > I configure bfe0 I get an interrupt storm on irq9 (bfe0 and uhci2). > > Baldur > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 01:24:01PM +0000, Baldur Gislason wrote: > > Funny that, I also had this problem on an Inspiron 1000 albeit a bit different there, > > on the 1000 the system would not lock up when I ifconfigged the interface up without > > a network cable plugged in but it would lock up once the cable was plugged in. > > I've ran both NetBSD and Linux on the 1000 without problems. > > I currently have most things working on the 630m except the fast ethernet and the sound. > > I haven't tried power saving yet. There's also an MMC/SD slot that isn't supported but that > > is of low concern to me. The sound quality on these dells isn't great either. > > The wireless card works and X11 works with xvideo after upgrading to X.org 6.9.0 > > I hope to do some more testing tonight. > > > > Baldur > > > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 01:06:26PM +0000, Phillip Neumann wrote: > > > i got a 630m running,releng_6 > > > > > > never saw the problem you are describing. > > > lan works greate. > > > > > > the only thing is, ACPI doest work. i havnt had the chance to have fun > > > with DSDT and such things jet. > > > > > > saludos, > > > > > > > > > > > > El mié, 29-03-2006 a las 15:40 +0000, Baldur Gislason escribió: > > > > I'm just curious if anyone has a Dell Inspiron 630m or similiar running FreeBSD. > > > > I have one running 6.0-RELEASE but compiling -STABLE now. > > > > I had a problem I've observed before on other inspirons, when I configured the broadcom 4401 > > > > fast ethernet interface up the machine sort of locked up. > > > > The link light on the ethernet port goes out and the machine is locked up to the point > > > > that I can switch virtual consoles and I can type in characters on the console where > > > > I ran ifconfig or dhclient. Other than that I don't seem to be able to do anything > > > > but hold the power button for 4 seconds to power off. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Baldur > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- > > > SofSis: Software y Sistemas > > > > > > http://www.sofsis.cl > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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