Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:55:27 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Jesse Gross" <jesse_gross@yahoo.com>, "Stephen Hovey" <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: NIC problems Message-ID: <000a01c0c30c$caae0540$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <OHEMKELJIJBFDIKJNNMHMEEBCAAA.jesse_gross@yahoo.com>
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You could cut a trace on the motherboard. :-) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jesse Gross >Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:07 AM >To: Stephen Hovey >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: NIC problems > > >I looked, but BIOS doesn't have any settings for the stuff on the >motherboard (which this is), only for the pci cards. Compaq (who makes my >computer) says there isn't any way to disable it, other than through the >Windows control panel. > >Is there something simmilar I can do in FreeBSD, to tell the kernel to >ignore my firewire? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:shovey@buffnet.net] >Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:58 AM >To: Jesse Gross >Subject: RE: NIC problems > > > >Ok I gotcha. To disable the firewire you probably have something in cmos >that lets you do it under something like peripheral management or >something similar sounding. > >On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Jesse Gross wrote: > >> I changed the kernel by modifying the original line: >> >> device xl >> >> to >> >> device xl0 at pci? port 0x1000 irq 5 iomem 0xe8014800 >> >> originally it was assigned to IRQ 10. I changed it to match the settings >> that Windows assigned. The card has no jumpers on it. I changed it in the >> kernel because it did not even show up under the GENERIC kernel using the >> boot -c utility. Now it shows up, although under 'Other Devices' as >'Unknown >> Card' but it is obviously recognized on boot. >> >> The other device on IRQ 5 is a firewire (IEEE 1394) adaptor. How would I >> disable it? It is not in the kernel configuration. >> >> Thanks >> >> Jesse Gross >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:shovey@buffnet.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 5:44 AM >> To: Jesse Gross >> Subject: Re: NIC problems >> >> >> >> changing your kernel wouldnt resolve an interrupt conflict if another >> device is also set to that IRQ - you have to disable the conflicting >> hardware, or change the irq on the card or something. How did you change >> the kernel? >> >> Your ethernet card is being assigned 5 - freebsd is apparently not seeing >> whatever else is on 5 - usually 5 is used by a second parallel port - do >> you have a second one in there? The modem you mention wasnt seen because >> you have 2 serial ports already - you would have to disable one >of them to >> use a modem at the same settings. >> >> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Jesse Gross wrote: >> >> > Hello >> > >> > I am having a problem where the system runs very slowly if my ethernet >> card >> > is enabled, but otherwise runs very fast. I am using the 3Com >3cSOHO100-TX >> > OfficeConnect with the xl driver. Someone suggested that it was an irq >> > conflct, but I fixed that by changing the kernel settings and >recompiling >> > the kernel. It appears to have made no difference. I noticed that when >the >> > computer boots, the kernel reports the correct settings for >the NIC, and >> it >> > also eports an unknown card on the same IRQ. This is my IEEE 1394 card. >> > Might this be causing conflicts even though its not enabled? Here's the >> > output of dmesg: >> > >> > Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project. >> > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, >1993, 1994 >> > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >> > FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #5: Sun Apr 8 19:53:47 EDT 2001 >> > root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYHARDWARE >> > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz >> > CPU: AMD-K7(tm) Processor (499.04-MHz 686-class CPU) >> > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x612 Stepping = 2 >> > >> > >> >Features=0x81f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,M >CA,CMOV,P >> > AT,MMX> >> > AMD Features=0xc0400000<AMIE,DSP,3DNow!> >> > real memory = 134152192 (131008K bytes) >> > avail memory = 127410176 (124424K bytes) >> > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc031e000. >> > Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc031e09c. >> > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled >> > md0: Malloc disk >> > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard >> > npx0: INT 16 interface >> > pcib0: <AMD-751 host to PCI bridge> on motherboard >> > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 >> > pcib1: <AMD-751 PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 >> > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 >> > pci1: <3Dfx Voodoo 3 graphics accelerator> at 5.0 irq 10 >> > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> port 0x1080-0x10bf irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci0 >> > xl0: <3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect> port 0x1000-0x107f mem >> > 0xe8014800-0xe801487f irq 5 at device 4.0 on pci0 >> > xl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:da:24:60:be >> > miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0 >> > xlphy0: <3Com internal media interface> on miibus0 >> > xlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto >> > isab0: <VIA 82C686 PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 >> > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 >> > atapci0: <VIA 82C686 ATA66 controller> port 0x1440-0x144f at device 7.1 >on >> > pci0 >> > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 >> > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 >> > uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0x1400-0x141f irq 11 at device >7.2 >> > on pci0 >> > usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0 >> > usb0: USB revision 1.0 >> > uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >> > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> > uhid0: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick, rev 1.10/a.00, >addr >> > 2, iclass 3/0 >> > ugen0: Logitech, Inc. Camera, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 3 >> > uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0x1420-0x143f irq 11 at device >7.3 >> > on pci0 >> > usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1 >> > usb1: USB revision 1.0 >> > uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >> > uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> > isab1: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=1106 device=3057)> at device 7.4 on >pci0 >> > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x14f1, dev=0x1033) at 9.0 irq 10 >> > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x104c, dev=0x8019) at 12.0 irq 5 >> > atapci1: <Promise ATA100 controller> port >> > 0x10c0-0x10ff,0x1454-0x1457,0x1460-0x1467,0x1468-0x146b,0x1470-0x1477 >mem >> > 0xe8020000-0xe803ffff irq 11 at device 15.0 on pci0 >> > ata2: at 0x1470 on atapci1 >> > ata3: at 0x1460 on atapci1 >> > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on >isa0 >> > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold >> > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 >> > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 >> > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 >> > kbd0 at atkbd0 >> > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 >> > psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 >> > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on >isa0 >> > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 >> > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> >> > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 >> > sio0: type 16550A >> > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 >> > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 >> > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >> > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold >> > plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 >> > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 >> > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >> > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 >> > ad0: 16231MB <WDC WD170AA> [32979/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 >> > ad6: 39083MB <Maxtor 34098H4> [79408/16/63] at ata3-master UDMA100 >> > acd0: CDROM <LTN323> at ata1-master using PIO4 >> > acd1: CD-RW <LG CD-RW CED-8042B> at ata1-slave using PIO4 >> > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a >> > >> > I also have a modem that FreeBSD doesn't recognize, but I don't think >that >> > this is causing a problem because when I removed it from the >computer it >> > didn't make a difference. Unfounately, I can't do this with the IEEE >1394 >> > card because it's part of my motherboard. >> > >> > Does anyone have any suggestions? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Jesse Gross >> > >> > >> > _________________________________________________________ >> > Do You Yahoo!? >> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> > >> > >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >> >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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