Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:31:26 -0500 From: Keith Pitcher <kpitcher@locallink.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: tx0 + 4.1.1 NIC problems Message-ID: <20001115173126.03991@locallink.net>
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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) Thanks, Keith kpitcher@LocalLink.Net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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