Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:01:03 +1100 From: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2-BETA + Dell Inspiron 3800 + 3CEX589ET Message-ID: <200011070101.eA7113v10334@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:26:32 PDT." <200011062126.OAA12496@harmony.village.org>
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> In message <200011062049.eA6Kmtv09460@drugs.dv.isc.org> Mark.Andrews@nominum. > com writes: > : The above configuration locks up w/ GENERIC. I needed specify > : a irq (10) to get the kernel to boot. If the 3CEX589ET is > : removed the system will boot. > > I don't know what the right magic is, but you are definitely running > into a IRQ problem. This is the classic symptom. If I had the > machine, I'd sit down and cycle through the available irqs until I > found a combination that worked. Likely you'll need to run windows on > the machine, jot down its resource usage, and then try to duplicate it > on FreeBSD. > > Before someone else says it, configuring IRQs is a huge pita with > OLDCARD. > > Warner It's more that it doesn't work in polled mode. /usr/src/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT Default the PC Card Interface Controller(pcic) to polling mode(irq 0). -- Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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