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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:01:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recent stability problems with fxp driver
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030912140142.jdp@polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20030912165704.0353cbf0@209.112.4.2>

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On 12-Sep-2003 Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 
> I recall jlemon fixed similar fxp problems with certain integrated 815E 
> NICS. The fix was to disable "dynamic standby mode".  Perhaps these problem 
> versions need the same fix ?
> 
>          ---Mike
> 
> 
> fxp0: <Intel Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xc400-0xc43f mem 0xd5001000-0xd5001fff 
> irq 11 at device 8.0 on pci1
> fxp0: *** DISABLING DYNAMIC STANDBY MODE IN EEPROM ***
> fxp0: New EEPROM ID: 0x49a0
> fxp0: EEPROM checksum @ 0xff: 0xe441 -> 0xe443
> fxp0: *** PLEASE REBOOT THE SYSTEM NOW FOR CORRECT OPERATION ***
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:01:80:02:d0:34
> inphy0: <i82562EM 10/100 media interface> on miibus1
> inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

When I first installed FreeBSD on this system, it disabled dynamic
standby mode as you showed above.  Maybe it shouldn't have ... :-)

John



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