Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:52:22 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: Serious em problems under -current on two different platforms [SOLVED] Message-ID: <XFMail.20061119145222.jdp@polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20061119131347.jdp@polstra.com>
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Well, this is embarrassing. It turns out there were two different problems, neither one caused by the driver. 1. I had some ARP poisoning going on on my LAN, and that's why the two em interfaces in the Dell box appeared to be behaving so strangely. I fixed that, and the box is working just fine now with the driver from -current (both with and without MSI). The evidence was right there before my eyes, but it sure took me a long time to recognize it. 2. On the Tyan 2721 box, it was MSI that was causing the problem. It appears that MSI simply doesn't work on that motherboard. Once I disabled it, the driver started working fine. I had tried disabling MSI on the Dell much earlier, but I guess I never tried it on the Tyan. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll find a BIOS upgrade that will fix it. I apologize for wasting everybody's time as well as for taking a year or so off Jack's life through adrenaline poisoning. John
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