Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:21:47 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp driver causing lockup Message-ID: <19990329162147.D45807@TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903182220580.21458-100000@nathan.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 10:29:35PM -0600 References: <xzplngup1j8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903182220580.21458-100000@nathan.enteract.com>
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On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 10:29:35PM -0600, David Scheidt wrote: > On 19 Mar 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > : > :Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes: > :> I haven't seen any freezes while *probing* the fxp, but they may not > :> really know the difference. The hang happened in the *attach*, when > :> the user (or system) ifconfig's the interface up. Do you have any > :> details, or a contact I can email? > : > :No, I've never had trouble with the fxp driver. It's something I saw > :mentioned on one of the lists - either -advocacy or -chat. > > The machine on my desk at work had this problem trying to install 3.0-RELEASE > via NFS. The hang occurred at ifconfig up time, not boot time. I was > worried that I wouldn't be able to use FreeBSD because of it. Not getting > my constant unix fix would be a bad thing. The machine is a Compaq EN PII-350. > Interestingly, it happened with my machine, but not with a cow-orkers which > is exactly the same. (By actual inspection, not by model.) Had the same problem just now on a Compaq EN, I went into the Bios and enabled under Advance Options the "PCI Bus Mastering" and that fixed the problem with the fxp card. > > David Scheidt > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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