Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 14:59:47 -0500 From: Greg Whynott <gwhynott@aw.sgi.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@prism.flugsvamp.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel issues: NIC driver time outs, scsi bus resets; version 4.2R - 4.4R Message-ID: <3C0BD9B3.D4C5AF00@aw.sgi.com> References: <3C0BCE1C.B401AFE5@aw.sgi.com> <20011203132549.F21099@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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Thanks for the quick reply Jonathan, According to this web page I have the 440FX (NATOMA) chipset, this is my main board. http://www.tyan.com/products/html/a_titanproat.html I'll visualy confirm this tonight. (machine is at home) thanks again, greg Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:10:20PM -0500, Greg Whynott wrote: > > Hello- > > The intel (fxp) NIC drivers usually do not work when I have enabled a > > SMP kernel. Is this a known problem with SMP kernels and device drivers > > in the 4.X RELEASE line? > > I think so. The problem was recently observed by some other users, > and they think it is specific to N440BX boards. I can't tell > from your dmesg, but does your motherboard happen to use this chipset? > > The workaround at this point is to disable SMP. Unfortunately, I don't > have one of these boards here, so I can't test things out. > -- > Jonathan -- Gregory.Whynott. Network.Administrator. Alias|Wavefront SGI. Unix is user friendly, it's just selective about who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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