Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:12:23 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP + fxp0 wierdness Message-ID: <3802B527.CB34008C@gorean.org> References: <199910120006.RAA15131@implode.root.com>
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David Greenman wrote:
>
> >> 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.
Well that's not good, since I have almost convinced my boss to replace
the crappy IDE drives on our shiny new Intel N440BX mb's with scsi
drives since the controller is built in. :-/ Does this look like a
soluble problem, or is it just going to be a case of "don't do that?"
Anything I can do to help mail me and let me know.
Doug
--
"Stop it, I'm gettin' misty."
- Mel Gibson as Porter, "Payback"
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