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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 21:18:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jeff Bartig <jeffb@doit.wisc.edu>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ifconfig alias and de0: abnormal interrupt error
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On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Jeff Bartig wrote:

> > > I have set up several FreeBSD 2.2.6 systems recently.  I have run into
> > > a problem when trying to do add virtual interfaces.  When I run the
> > > first ifconfig alias command, either from the command line or by adding
> > > it in the /etc/rc.conf file, I get the following logged to syslog:
> > > 
> > >     /kernel: de0: abnormal interrupt: receive process stopped
> > 
> > Try doing
> > 
> > ifconfig de0 down
> > ifconfig de0 up
> > 
> > to reset the interface.
> 
> Yes, like I said in my e-mail, that does work to correct the problem.
> Have you seen this problem before or do you have any idea what I
> might be doing to cause it?

Perhaps another device is occupying the ethernet card's interrupt?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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