From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 17 14:43:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles340.castles.com [208.214.167.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BBD1127F; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:43:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01154; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:38:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902172238.OAA01154@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: dg@root.com Cc: John Smith , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: intel ether express pro In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 17 Feb 1999 06:33:38 PST." <199902171433.GAA14929@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:38:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I have a machine (IBM IntelliStation) and it has built in network > >card (eepro10/100). > > > > The kernel locks up, whenever I try to ifconfig the device. We > >have a autodetecting hub that can switch between 10/100. > > If that is the PCI version, then try putting it in a different PCI slot. "Built in" typically means "on the motherboard". I reported this last year, when I went to IBM in San Mateo to run across their plaform range. It's subsequently been reported that this is due to the first DMA operation never completing; we've got reports of this on quite a number of platforms, not just the IBMs now. If you can get your hands on a NetFinity 3500, it should demonstrate the symptoms in question. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message