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Date:      Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:50:56 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Marius Strom <marius@alpha1.net>
To:        Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mx0: crash during kernel load
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9910261350180.10433-100000@swedishchef.alpha1.net>
In-Reply-To: <v0421014cb43ba5b1694f@[209.239.239.22]>

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Are you specifying which media to use?  Try forcing the media speed at
100M or 10M, depending on your needs, to see if it eliminates the panic.

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Marius Strom <marius@alpha1.net>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Jon Rust wrote:

> I've got a Linksys lne100tx 10/100 card connected to a Kingston 5 
> port 10/100 autosensing switch. The card uses the mx driver. If I 
> have it connected to the switch during boot, I get a panic and 
> auto-reboot message during the negotiation phase (during the part of 
> the boot process with the highlighted text -- early on). If I boot 
> with the card unplugged, it comes up fine, and can auto-negotiate at 
> that point with no problems once plugged in (100Mbit/Full-duplex). 
> Been happening since 3.3R. Last update via CVSUP was Friday, Oct 22.
> 
> Anyone else seeing similar?
> 
> Thanks,
> jon
> 
> PS -- I guess that's what I get for using a $9 NIC. :->
> 
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