Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:53:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Cejka Rudolf <xcejka00@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DISKLESS and fxp0 problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980615205243.2150J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199806120829.IAA01670@sts.dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>
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On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Cejka Rudolf wrote: > > I have big problem with DISKLESS box with "Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B > Ethernet" cards. Does anybody use (successfully) this configuration? > > I have one compiled kernel (2.2.X or -CURRENT: all is the same) for both > SMC cards (ed0) and EtherExpress cards (fxp0). And if I try to boot this > kernel on computer with SMC card, everything is ok. But if I try to boot > exactly the same kernel on computer with EtherExpress card, kernel stops > in BOOTP stage: > > bootpc_init: using network interface 'fxp0' > Bootpc testing starting > bootpc hw address is 0:aa:0:bc:af:59 > > and after this, I see only repeated error messages: > > BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff > fxp0: device timeout > > (It is possible no BOOTP packet was sent - it looks like that there is bug > in kernel in initialization stage for fxp0.) Are the Intel and SMC cards using the same IRQ? Do you know that the Intel works otherwise? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: Make sure your mailer replies to dwhite@resnet or I won't get it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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