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Date:      Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:24:41 +0300
From:      Alexander Portnoy <my-subs@mail.ru>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM R40 Network Problems (fxp0)
Message-ID:  <20040408202441.371eb171.my-subs@mail.ru>
In-Reply-To: <4072E91A.1000804@opsource.net>
References:  <4072E91A.1000804@opsource.net>

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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 10:30:02 -0700
Victor Gregorio <victor@opsource.net> wrote:

> Hello.  FreeBSD 5.2.1's installer sees my fxp0 device (supported 
> EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI), but does not allow me to use it.  I cannot 
> get the boot CD to see the network.  Does anyone know if a fix exists? 
> Am I missing a boot time option?
> 
> Someone (below) was able to fix fxp0 issues with an addition of 
> hint.fxp.0.prefer_iomap="1" to device.hints.  Is it possible to pass 
> this option to the boot CD?
> 
> Link: 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2003-May/002505.html
> 
> Thanks, Victor


I observed the same behaviour of the integrated NIC (Intel Pro 100/VE) on
Compaq Evo D310 under FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE. I solved the problem by
disabling the APIC support in the BIOS.



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