From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 17:54:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B2671065674 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6028FC20 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:54:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so806100uge.37 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:54:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=opTMZ7JVU4ndinfik6FqJ2guVeAbR2GXfWwVEnJPvh0=; b=DAcI3vwG0HSNHghjjyPM50MuvrfvUgLeSYcOIQBgimg5k1HNrsit9TndQcgOXD12pz Bhm2Ib2COKSoHqmTcrPhG+gZXeNfERUlumGtXyJPAZOp38Tgu149+ogmO9ZWy/tcb3Up HBahBru0IEA1O6Jjp66mQsyczKrFBtCDDz7o0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=kQ2V3nZm/nNrWAtp2Hfdn8FRqFOGM/2AyXSWdnMzdYm9tB7hpcb81FDe3HTTChW/3d saGS/mdNwWNipUrxizlyzUBBC/RP6N/oqa7HD6287qOMwBnJN+j4SarwPhks0w4oMvrI Aq9/vT4IEG0D5YOY572jRUd5XrzbGlbSl8oIc= Received: by 10.125.87.8 with SMTP id p8mr738169mkl.80.1217872490487; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:54:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.125.74.17 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:54:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0808041054j1523a6d6gcb8b7f726bfbc4a9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:54:50 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Royce Williams" In-Reply-To: <48973DD9.20303@alaska.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080801142005.473c17ca@zelda.local> <2a41acea0808010924u22603c61p10e47237fad5b6fb@mail.gmail.com> <20080802064727.042d5e3d@web.de> <2a41acea0808021034g588fdc77w50797f473e8809b0@mail.gmail.com> <20080804113448.0a4b3991@zelda.local> <20080804102307.GA28928@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080804125138.59ed0252@zelda.local> <20080804174458.4dda8369@zelda.local> <2a41acea0808041018nc60b3uf53d2e898a73d9a9@mail.gmail.com> <48973DD9.20303@alaska.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Martin Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:54:53 -0000 Thanks for the pointer Royce, and yes that's the issue, and if you want to boot Linux and use that instead of DOS then more power to you. Cheers, Jack On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Royce Williams wrote: > Jack Vogel wrote, on 8/4/2008 9:18 AM: >> The focus here on the laptop distracted me, but someone else at work >> reminded me. Its very important that you run the EEPROM fix for >> the 82573 that i posted a long while back, search in email archive >> for it. Its a DOS executable that will patch your EEPROM. >> >> I am not sure if the Lenova's need it, but get it, run it, and then >> see if your problem goes away. > > Martin, there's also a link to it from Jeremy's "Commonly Reported > Issues" page: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues > > Look for "DOS-based EEPROM". > > > Jack, is this issue the same one that is documented here? > > http://e1000.sourceforge.net/doku.php?id=known_issues#v_l_e_tx_unit_hang_messages > > > ... and addressed by this script? > > http://e1000.sourceforge.net/doku.php?id=tx_unit_hang > > > If so, the script could be used without booting from a DOS disk. If > this is unrelated or is an unsafe way to apply this fix, that would be > handy to know. > > > Royce > > -- > Royce D. Williams - http://royce.ws/ > A finished person is a boring person. - Anna Quindlen >