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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:32:57 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Font <font@couscous.fortdearborn.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Freeze on fxp0 ifconfig (3.1-RELEASE)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990407182241.2682C-100000@couscous.fortdearborn.com>

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I've freshly-installed 3.1-RELEASE and have started to set up networking.
During the boot process, the ifconfig for fxp0 (the only NIC in the
machine) freezes.  This same computer also boots 2.2.8-RELEASE without
difficulty.  There are no IRQ conflicts.

Were there significant changes in the fxp driver from 2.2.8-R to 3.1-R?
Are there any special flags I need to include in order to get the fxp
driver to bring the interface up?

This is from my 2.2.8 messages file:

Apr 7 17:50:06 kibbeh /kernel: fxp0 <Intel E
Apr 7 17:50:06 kibbeh /kernel: therExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 2 int
a irq 10 on pci0:3:0

This is what 3.1 says on the screen when it detects fxp0:

fxp0: <Intel EtherExprss Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 2 int a irq 10 on
pci0:3:0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:60:94:b9:99:8e

So, they're basically seeing the same thing.

I can duplicate the freeze by booting in single-user and issuing the
"ifconfig fxp0 192.168.1.151 netmask 255.255.255.0" myself.

The only other difference between the configurations is that the 3.1
system recognizes my Adaptec 7895 dual-channel SCSI, while the 2.2.8
mentions it but doesn't use it.  I also use "set root_disk_unit=0" since I
also have an IDE drive (thanks Greg Lewis for that suggestion!).

Would it be unreasonable to snatch the 2.2.8 pci/if_fxp*.[ch] files and
try to use them?  Is there any way I can help to figure out what the real
problem is?

dw



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