From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 00:04:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C45D116A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:04:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1710743FE1 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:04:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (66-91-236-204.san.rr.com [66.91.236.204]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 181AF72DD8; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:04:43 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr To: Brett Glass , net@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:04:43 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031125183137.03a1a3f0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031125183137.03a1a3f0@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311280004.43287.wes@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD doesn't recognize last network interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:04:47 -0000 On Tuesday 25 November 2003 05:36 pm, Brett Glass wrote: > I posted this to -questions, but haven't gotten a response, so I'm > posting here, where the network gurus hang out, as well. I'm > configuring a box with six Ethernet interfaces. Two are on the > motherboard and four are on two Dell/Intel dual NICs. The machine > recognizes only five out of the six at boot time. There should be an > fxp5 -- it's on the same card as the interface that becomes fxp4! -- > but there isn't. I did a boot -v with the FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE GENERIC > kernel to expose the PnP information; it appears below. Can anyone tell > me why fxp2 and fxp3 (which are together on one PCI card) are > recognized, but fxp5 (which is on the same card as fxp4) doesn't show > up at boot time or thereafter? > > --Brett Glass It found the PCI<->PCI bridge on the card, and the first interface. Have you tried this card on it's own, to be certain the card is OK? If so, I wonder if the machine is out of some critical resource (irqs?) required to configure the card. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com