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Subject: Re: Problems with DEC FDDI on ASUS P/I-55TP4XE 
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Hi,

In article <XFMail.961127195409.gbuchanan@sympatico.ca>,
	Gardner <gbuchanan@sympatico.ca> writes:

> I have a Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI Controller which I'm trying to use
> with FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE.  When I attach the card to (an appropriately
> patched for PCI) Compaq Prolinea, it works OK, but when I attach
> it to my ASUS P/I-55TP4XE motherboard, I can't get it to work.

>   /kernel: fpa0: Link Unavailable
>   /kernel: fpa0: Halted: halt code = 3 (Software Fault)
>   last message repeated 4 times

I used DEFPA PCI UTP SAS on P/I-55TP4XE with 2.1.5-RELEASE and got
same problem, but it usually worked after a few minutes.
For the worst, it takes 30 or 40 minutes.
At that time, BIOS version was 0107.

dmesg says,

Nov  7 14:08:12 nwgpc /kernel: changing root device to sd0a
Nov  7 14:08:12 nwgpc /kernel: fpa0: Link Unavailable
Nov  7 14:08:12 nwgpc /kernel: fpa0: Halted: halt code = 3 (Software Fault)
Nov  7 14:08:12 nwgpc last message repeated 3 times
Nov  7 14:08:20 nwgpc /kernel: fpa0: Halted: halt code = 3 (Software Fault)
Nov  7 14:08:48 nwgpc last message repeated 3 times
Nov  7 14:09:25 nwgpc last message repeated 4 times
Nov  7 14:09:26 nwgpc /kernel: fpa0: Link Unavailable
Nov  7 14:09:26 nwgpc /kernel: fpa0: Link Available

Currently I am using it on P/I-P6NP5, there's still same problem,
but it is more quickly recognized. Only a few seconds wait.

But when I used it with 2.2-0801 or 1014 SNAP, after fpa0 link is
avaliable, the FDDI card doesn't send any packet. (but receiving is
fine.) I didnt yet check it with 2.2-alpha.

					yamagata