Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:24:54 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp driver causing lockup Message-ID: <36F1D196.C7E58624@softweyr.com> References: <199903172356.RAA14113@us.networkcs.com> <36F04CD0.B0D46F3B@softweyr.com> <xzpu2vipcrp.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <36F1C9B9.257D9269@softweyr.com> <xzplngup1j8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
>
> Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:
> > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > > Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:
> > > > It did, it's working fine now. Here's the diff vs. 3.1-RELEASE:
> > > > [...]
> > >
> > > Hmm, I wonder if this will fix the "freeze while probing fxp0" bug as
> > > well. ISTR that's what's keeping FreeBSD out of IBM's list of
> > > recommended operating systems for the Netfinity.
> >
> > 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.
Mike, I saw something in the -chat archives where you were beating up
Brett Glass (always fun) w.r.t. problems with the NetFinity. You
mention the "initialising fxp0 hangs" bug. Do you think this might
have been the problem? Mine was on a Toshiba 7000S with on-board
EEPro 100+; it was failing during the attach due to not having bus
mastering turned on.
Do you know anyone at IBM that can give this patch a try on a NetFinity
with onboard EEPro 100 to see if it fixes the problem? If not, if they
are willing to ship me a system for a few weeks I'm willing to beat on
it until I get it working.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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