Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:26:43 -0200 (EDT) From: Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wi0 or isab0 trouble? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101031120280.15967-100000@mirage.nlink.com.br> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101021943360.15299-100000@mirage.nlink.com.br>
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Hi, I've comited a little mistake. I've got a script install and its was changed one line: wicontrol -i wi0 -t 6 to wicontrol -t wi0 -t 6 Our suggestion is "wicontrol" report "invalid option" in cases like this. Excuse-me, Paulo. On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Paulo Fragoso wrote: > Hi, > > We was using FreeBSD and WaveLAN without problems. But now we are trying > to use 4.2-20001219-STABLE and we are found some problems. We have got > one PII 350MHz (chiset 440 BX motherboard) working fine, but using some > old motherboards we get this error: > > wi0: device timeout > wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC > wi0: tx buffer allocation failed > wi0: failed to alloacte 1594 bytes on NIC > wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed > > That old motherboard has got the chipset VIA VT82C576M with a Pentium > 100MHz. Looking at result from dmesg there is a little difference: > > work-> there are isab0 and isa0 at motherboard that works: > isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > > don't work-> there isn't isab0!!!: > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > > We've got another older motherboard (chipset intel TX) working fine with > FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE, and we can found isab0 on dmesg: > isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > > Likely the wi0 require a isab0 (I think). Why when are we using FreeBSD > 4.2-STABLE we can't found a isab0 on old motherboard? Why don't wi0 works? > > We've installed FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE on same VIA motherboard to test and > all works fine. But on that motherboard we can't found a isab0 with dmesg, > too. Are we thinking wrong? > > When we are using same motherboard (VIA VT82C576M) with FBSD 4.1-RELEASE > are all working fine? We've tested FBSD 4.2-RELEASE and > 4.2-20001219-STABLE and both don't work on this motherboard. > > Finally: Why are all versions tested of FreeBSD working fine using a 440BX > motherboard? > > Thanks, > Paulo Fragoso. > > -- > __O > _-\<,_ Why drive when you can bike? > (_)/ (_) > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- __O _-\<,_ Why drive when you can bike? (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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