From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 16 3:28: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bumper.jellybaby.net (bumper.jellybaby.net [194.159.247.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B53E537B479 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 03:27:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from simond@localhost) by bumper.jellybaby.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id LAA52154; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:27:17 GMT (envelope-from simond) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:27:17 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Keith Pitcher Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tx0 + 4.1.1 NIC problems Message-ID: <20001116112717.A51131@irrelevant.org> References: <20001115173126.03991@locallink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20001115173126.03991@locallink.net>; from kpitcher@locallink.net on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:31:26PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:31:26PM -0500, Keith Pitcher wrote: > I had a 3.4 system that has ran fine for about a year. Updated it to 4.1.1 > and the system installed via boot disk and FTP fine. But after that it > refuses to boot past detection of the network card. I pulled the card out > and things booted fine. I put in a new NIC, booted fine. Rebooted, and it > locked in the same place. This is using the generic kernel. I put in another > new card, booted once then it locked up. Tested the cards on a win machine > and they work fine. In summary if I boot from floppy the card works. If I boot > with a brand new NIC it works. After that it locks up. > > I recompiled the kernel to include ONLY the tx and miibus for network cards > and it still locked up. I threw in an NE2000 card and things work fine using > the ed driver. > > Here is a message at the point of hanging. > > tx0: port 0xf400-0xf4ff mem 0xffaef000-0xffaeffff > irq 11 at device 11.0 on pci0 > miibus0: on tx0 > nsphy0: on miibus0 > nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > > > Today I tried installing fbsd 4.1.1 from a cdrom on a system with an SMC > card on another system. It installed fine, but then it too locked upon reboot > at the same place. > > Any ideas - other then to avoid SMC tx cards? (Which I haven't had a problem > with since they've been supported in 2.2.8) I had exactly the same problem, I'd suggest waiting for 4.2 to be released or trying with 4.2RC1 as -STABLE is currently working fine for me despite breaking when the tx driver started using miibus. I don't know when it got fixed, but it was after 4.1.1 was released. -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message