Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 10:17:01 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Martin Von_Schantz" <ikaros_net@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed0 timeout Message-ID: <200005301717.KAA21026@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 May 2000 15:38:36 GMT." <20000530153836.77121.qmail@hotmail.com>
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>Hi, I have a problem with one of my network cards. >I run freebsd 4.0-current and after I had compiled the kernel as I want it >it started giving me an error message "ed0: device timeout". > >I have configured it in the kernel with the string: >device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 9 iomem 0xd8000 >wich was the default for this device. > >The card is fitted in a ISA socket and currently only uses the coax-port and >not the tp, I can ping some of the other computers on the network for a few >seconds before it fails to send at all. > >I also have a 3Com 3C509-TPO Etherlink III (ep0) device that sits fit on the >motherboard and seems to work fine, at least it doesn't give me any errors. > >What can I do to prevent this device timeout? I have clean sweeped the bios >for any settings but I haven't found any so far. There are two common causes for timeouts. The first is an interrupt conflict with another device. The solution here is obvious - configure the card and the kernel for a different irq. Some motherboard require changing the BIOS as well to indicate that the irq is being used for a 'legacy ISA device'. The second common cause is a problem with the network connection itself. You might want to check and make sure that your termination is installed properly and working and that the cable segments are all good. It could be marginal in a way that the 3c509 works while the ed0 device doesn't. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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