Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 06:32:51 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU> To: George Vagner <vagner@ti.com> Cc: Scott Mitchell <s.mitchell@computer.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ie driver flakes out in 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.980120062554.14264A-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199801201202.GAA21066@epcot.spdc.ti.com>
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On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, George Vagner wrote: > I have the same problem, i am glad someone figured out how to fix it. > > > > At 11:50 AM 1/20/98 +0000, you wrote: > >Dear all, > > > >Finally got around to upgrading to 2.2.5 (from 2.2.2) over the > >weekend. Everything seems to be fine *except* that my Intel > >EtherExpress 16 (on ie0) has suddenly stopped working. It appears to > >be transmitting OK -- if I ping the Win95 box on the other end of the > >wire, the transmit light on the Win95 NIC blinks, so I guess it is > >sending back the echo response. But it never makes it back to the > >BSD box. Likewise pinging from Win95->FreeBSD shows packets going > >out, but nothing ever comes back. A tcpdump on ie0 backs this up: > >outgoing packets are logged, but nothing ever comes in. > > > >So I boot into DOS, run the Intel diagnostics, everything comes back > >clean. Then I think, maybe it's in my kernel config, so I boot the > >2.2.5 GENERIC kernel from the CD. Still no luck. On a hunch, I > >fired up the 2.2.2 GENERIC kernel, et voila! Everyone can ping each > >other again. Very peculiar. > > > >Diff shows quite a few changes in /sys/i386/isa/if_ie.c between 2.2.2 > >and 2.2.5. I built another kernel with the 2.2.2 if_ie.c, and things > >seem to be working again, perhaps a little slower than before. > > > >Has anyone else experienced this problem? I couldn't find any > >mention of it in the mailing list or PR archives. If there is an > >easy fix (other than what I have already done) then fine, but this > >board is gone as soon as I get my loaned-out SMC card back, so I > >don't really want to get into the source myself. > > > >Haven't submitted a PR on this yet, but will do so if I don't get any > >positive responses. > > > >Many TIA, > > > > Scott > > > > > > > Laszlo Vagner > Texas Instruments > Email:vagner@NOSPAM.ti.com > Pg. 598-5217 > Wk. 995-4297 > I also had this problem, and used the same fix. Upgrade to stable, and the sources seem to work once more. I have had very good luck with 2.2-971214-SNAP (no longer available), and I am currently on 2.2-980101-SNAP (though I haven't booted that kernel yet). Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org ******************************************************************************* We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of our exploring shall be to arrive Where we started from, and know the place for the first time. --T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets *******************************************************************************
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