Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:04:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: dg@root.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, sa-list@avantgo.com, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP + fxp0 wierdness Message-ID: <199910120004.RAA02842@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:06:43 PDT." <199910120006.RAA15131@implode.root.com>
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> >> So if this problem is NOT related to specific hardware, how can we get > >> the driver fixed? > > > >Talk to the maintainer (David). We've offered him cores and kernels > >before. Alternatively, you'll need to experiment with your setup to > >determine what characterises the failures and help David out with more > >data. > > Hotmail has troubleshooted the problem down to the NCR controller. It > appears that the problem only occurs when using one of those. If they plug > in an Adaptec 2940 and use it instead of the onboard NCR then the problems > disappear. We did this (you remember that we went through all this a while back, right?), but we've also been seing reports from people that aren't using NCR controllers. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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