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Date:      Tue, 16 Jan 2001 01:20:25 -0800
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "'Victor R. Cardona'" <vcardona@home.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: possible cause for lock-ups
Message-ID:  <003c01c07f9d$901bade0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010115234045.A2961@home.com>

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I've always associated a lockup like that with a hardware
problem, not software.  (although you can get it with a
bad device driver)  It really points to an interrupt
conflict in the network area.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Victor R. Cardona [mailto:vcardona@home.com]
>Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:41 PM
>To: Ted Mittelstaedt
>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: possible cause for lock-ups
>
>
>Yes I can.
>
>That is the only think I can disable. BTW, since my last post, 
>I noticed
>that the box does not lock up when I am working from it. Only 
>when I try
>to ftp from behind it. Could this be an IPFilter problem?
>
>Victor Cardona
>
>On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:18:40PM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>> Can you disable the on-board nic in the system's BIOS?
>> 
>> 
>> Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
>> Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
>> Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com
>> 
>> 
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Victor R.
>> >Cardona
>> >Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 6:20 PM
>> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>> >Subject: possible cause for lock-ups
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi everyone,
>> >
>> >I am still trying to diagnose my lockups with a Dell Optiplex Gs+
>> >running 4.2-STABLE.  I went through and rebuilt world with 
>a new leaner
>> >kernel after someone suggested that an IRQ conflict might 
>be the cause
>> >of the problem. That has not worked. I did notice that the 
>> >onboard video
>> >is using IRQ 11 which is also being used by one of the nics on the
>> >machine. The ethernet card is using the dc driver. Is there 
>anyway to
>> >assign another IRQ to the card? I did'nt see any options in LINT.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Victor Cardona
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