From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 14:07:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A3DE37B401 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 14:07:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gateway.webize.com.au (gateway.webize.com.au [203.17.1.92]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7582043FAF for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 14:07:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdmn@webize.com.au) Received: (qmail 51669 invoked from network); 14 May 2003 21:08:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cmlaptop) (192.168.100.208) by 192.168.100.50 with SMTP; 14 May 2003 21:08:33 -0000 From: "Carl Morley" To: "'Olivier Cortes'" Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 07:07:43 +1000 Message-ID: <001801c31a5c$dd4b2a30$ada628cb@cmlaptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <200212120908.41116.olive@deep-ocean.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:07:56 -0000 See bottom of email for comments. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Cortes > Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2002 19:09 > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard >=20 >=20 > i had such problems on my mini-ITX. > when sharing irq's with video or sound card, network traffic during ogg > playing (for example on nfs) or quick moving windows crashed the > interface. ifconfig down/up resolved the problem. >=20 > it has been solved for a while now (i couldn't reproduce this problem) i > think. >=20 > regards, >=20 > OLivier >=20 > Le Jeudi 12 D=E9cembre 2002 03:45, The Anarcat a =E9crit : > > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > >>Does the on-board Etherernet work with FreeBSD? > > > > > >The onboard ethernet also works fine (vr0), but I am sceptical about > > > its reliability/performance. > > > > Just a personal experience: I had a lot of problems delivering > > high-bandwidth data through a vr-driven card, some time ago. The card > > would just freeze and a ifconfig down/up was necessary to bring back > > proper functionality. > > > > I think, however, that patches have been applied to -stable and 4.7 > > should effectively be immune to this problem. > > > > But this doesn't remove the doubts I too have about this card chipset. > > > > A. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >=20 > -- > Olivier Cortes Yes, I have had these problems too. And even the HDD controller has done some pretty mysterious stuff. Even with the patched drivers in 4.8, I still regularly get " vr0: rx packet lost" errors. Not happy in general and would essentially advise to steer clear, or get heavily involved! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"