Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:17:54 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: sa-list@avantgo.com, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP + fxp0 wierdness Message-ID: <199910120017.RAA15224@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:04:12 PDT." <199910120004.RAA02842@dingo.cdrom.com>
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>> >> So if this problem is NOT related to specific hardware, how can we get >> >> the driver fixed? >> > >> >Talk to the maintainer (David). We've offered him cores and kernels >> >before. Alternatively, you'll need to experiment with your setup to >> >determine what characterises the failures and help David out with more >> >data. >> >> Hotmail has troubleshooted the problem down to the NCR controller. It >> appears that the problem only occurs when using one of those. If they plug >> in an Adaptec 2940 and use it instead of the onboard NCR then the problems >> disappear. > >We did this (you remember that we went through all this a while back, >right?), but we've also been seing reports from people that aren't >using NCR controllers. I haven't seen a report yet from someone not using an NCR/Symbios controller. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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