Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:49:24 +0100 From: Chris Pockele <chrisp@belgacom.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bizarre ep (3c509-Combo) behavior: one and a half init, minimal throughput Message-ID: <20030129164924.GA1557@freedaemon.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <87fzrc3tly.fsf@tosh.datadok.no> References: <87fzrc3tly.fsf@tosh.datadok.no>
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 03:42:33PM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > 8< 8< snip > Note that the card is recognized first as > > ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 5 on isa0 > ep0: Ethernet address 00:a0:24:ca:7c:b0 > > then once more as > > ep1: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 5 on isa0 > ep1: No I/O space?! > ep1: ep_alloc() failed! (6) > > There is only one network card in the machine, I promise! > It's a common issue. Run it's config program again, turn off the PnP mode of the card and set it to known free resource values (e.g. port 0x300 irq 5). You will probably need to do some configuring in Windows then, but FreeBSD should now recognize and use the card well. > The network card at ep0 is then initialized normally, but the network > response is extremely slow, taking literally minutes to scp a small file > like the dmesg above to another machine across a 10Mbit ethernet. > > The card performed reasonably as the inner interface on the (now > deceased) gateway running Debian, and the machine and cables in > question performed just fine with another 3com card (the xl > persuation) which was needed more urgently elsewhere and various > FreeBSD releases plus win98 when necessary. > > I'm unsure if the real problem is that this card needs some not very > widely known special pampering or if it is more likely that the card > was actually damaged by the power irregularity even if the diagnostic > programs from 3com do not turn up anything. > > Any advice on how to proceed would be much appreciated, although > swapping the card for another one (preferably some PCI card or other) > would perhaps be a saner option than fighting with ISA cards these > days. > > - P > -- > Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team > http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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