From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 19 3: 2:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from venus.GAIANET.NET (venus.GAIANET.NET [207.211.200.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1371D10E61 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 03:02:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@venus.GAIANET.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by venus.GAIANET.NET (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id DAA02504; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 03:02:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@venus.GAIANET.NET) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 03:02:21 -0800 (PST) From: Vincent Poy To: David Greenman Cc: Mike Tancsa , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: intel ether express pro In-Reply-To: <199902181312.FAA25467@implode.root.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, David Greenman wrote: > My first thought was that one or more PCI slots on some motherboards > aren't bus master capable, but this can't be the problem above since it is > "built in". Hmmm, just thought of something. A few days ago, we upgraded a 2.2.7-RELEASE machine to 3.0-RELEASE that uses a Linksys 10/100 NIC with the DEC 21140 chip. The board just kept failing in 3.0-RELEASE with a message during bootup: de0: autosense failed: Cable problem? We have tried switching PCI slots and it got worst saying interrupt 2300 - level too high. When using kernel.old which is 2.2.7-RELEASE, the board detected fine. We have tried replacing the card with a Netgear card that uses the DEC 21140A chipset and while it works for the ethernet interface, it seems to make the autosensing go wild on the hub/switch it's connected to. The 2.2.7-RELEASE worked fine for this one as well. Any ideas? Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message