From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Oct 3 12:56:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20947 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:56:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles246.castles.com [208.214.165.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20928 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:56:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07458; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:59:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199810031959.MAA07458@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Dennis cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: device ex0: suggestion for GENERIC In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Oct 1998 15:04:02 EDT." <199810031451.OAA12095@etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 12:59:46 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > This device probe consistently hangs the system when ISA > ethernet or com boards are present and should either be > assigned a default address or removed. This had been a > problem for at least 2 releases. Which ISA ethernet or "com" boards? We naturally test with a wide range of ISA ethernet and serial cards, and have never seen the 'ex' probe cause problems. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message