From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 21:56:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC70116A4CE for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:56:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607D043D39 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:56:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geniusfreak@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 77so241381rnl for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.15.69 with SMTP id 69mr2644328rno; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.82.75 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <97f8dd0408271456a8cb2e7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:56:44 -0700 From: Genius Freak To: Daniel O'Connor , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200408280027.14207.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <97f8dd040826235372388dea@mail.gmail.com> <200408280027.14207.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Subject: Re: System freeze when useing bfe (Broadcom BCM440x) driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Genius Freak List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:56:45 -0000 Thanks for your advice. The kernel is rebuilding now :) I was so desperate I even tried the 5.3 beta1 to see if that would work and it did but it was too much of a beta for me to use, it crashed in sysinstall twice. Thanks again, i'll let you know how it goes. On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:27:14 +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:23, Genius Freak wrote: > > I just installed 5.2.1 RELEASE from CD on my dell inspiron 1100 > > > > I found some guides online and used them to create a custom kernel for > > the laptop, > > it compiled and booted fine however it freezes whenever I use the network > > card. (example: running "pkg_add -r cvsup" causes it to freeze ) > > > > I have compiled a second kernel while running the first to see it it > > was just a CPU or resource issue but it went fine so it seems to me to > > be the driver. > > > > I have attached the kernel config file for reference. > > > > Please tell me if there are any tricks to get this working properly. > > The bfe driver in 5.2.1 is faulty - if it gets a dud packet it will get into > an infinite loop. > > Fetch rev 1.6 (5.2.1 has 1.4) from here -> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/dev/bfe/if_bfe.c?rev=1.6&content-type=text/plain > > and put it in /usr/src/sys/dev/bfe then rebuild your kernel, or if you used > the KLD for bfe do.. > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/bfe > make > make install > kldunload if_bfe > kldload if_bfe > > Then cvsup to RELENG_5 :) > > - -- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFBL0vK5ZPcIHs/zowRAtX2AJoDViLfoASo9FhORzatQJQHqEvDRACfVAiK > yOFR0mOV0mdz3MTb38WKNtU= > =sZk+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >