From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 22:00:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4B116A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:00:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch (mailhub02-skge0.unibe.ch [130.92.9.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB82F43D46 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:00:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roth@speedy.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (scanhub01.unibe.ch [130.92.254.65]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6861576433; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:55 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch ([130.92.9.53]) by localhost (scanhub01 [130.92.254.65]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23514-04-31; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A891764AE; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:53 +0200 (MEST) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i2U60qb08167; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i2U60qX1024476; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:52 +0200 (MEST) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:52 +0200 From: Tobias Roth To: Matt Emmerton Message-ID: <20040330060052.GB24456@speedy.unibe.ch> References: <002501c415fb$aa8b7fa0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002501c415fb$aa8b7fa0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use a different email client. X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with fxp0 and wi0 devices X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:00:57 -0000 On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 09:06:51PM -0500, Matt Emmerton wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a ThinkPad T23 and I can't use either > of the built-in fxp0 or wi0 network adapters. > > Whenever I try and configure them with dhclient, dhclient just hangs. > Whenever I try and configure them manually (static IP and route), packets > never go anywhere. > Whenever I access fxp0, I get "fxp0: device timeout" messages on my screen. looks like the irq problems i and a few other people experienced on their T30s. the problem popped up some time between 5.0 and 5.1 and nobody ever really fixed it, as it was machine specific (machine, not model or brand!), and not really reproductable. but the workaround was to change irq mapping in bios around a bit (from all automatically to some random combination of settings). the values that worked for one person didn't for the next. a few weeks after i upgraded to 5.2.1 i noticed by coincidence that the problem disappeared again for me. hope that helps, t.