From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 6 17: 1:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [130.155.191.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 259DC37B4C5 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 17:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from nominum.com (localhost.dv.isc.org [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eA7113v10334; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:01:07 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from marka@nominum.com) Message-Id: <200011070101.eA7113v10334@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: Warner Losh Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com Subject: Re: 4.2-BETA + Dell Inspiron 3800 + 3CEX589ET In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:26:32 PDT." <200011062126.OAA12496@harmony.village.org> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:01:03 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > In message <200011062049.eA6Kmtv09460@drugs.dv.isc.org> Mark.Andrews@nominum. > com writes: > : The above configuration locks up w/ GENERIC. I needed specify > : a irq (10) to get the kernel to boot. If the 3CEX589ET is > : removed the system will boot. > > I don't know what the right magic is, but you are definitely running > into a IRQ problem. This is the classic symptom. If I had the > machine, I'd sit down and cycle through the available irqs until I > found a combination that worked. Likely you'll need to run windows on > the machine, jot down its resource usage, and then try to duplicate it > on FreeBSD. > > Before someone else says it, configuring IRQs is a huge pita with > OLDCARD. > > Warner It's more that it doesn't work in polled mode. /usr/src/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT Default the PC Card Interface Controller(pcic) to polling mode(irq 0). -- Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message