Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:41:10 -0700 From: Craig Shaver <craig@ProGroup.COM> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC recommendations? Intel fxp driver problems ... Message-ID: <3B561086.EFAA7594@progroup.com> References: <SEN.995410097.812675928@news.sentex.net> <rms9ltk1hdcrgk8ob6odokurpvu7nrl8r2@4ax.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20010718075821.06060c70@192.168.0.12>
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Ok, I tried to install the 82558 NIC again and record the exact messages. This time I did not get the timeout message for the fxp1 device (82558). If I remember correctly the message was Kernel: fxp1 timeout SCB. It just kept scrolling off the screen in the late stages of the boot, after the loader had already recognized it. I just ran another tape test against NFS mounted FS's and only got one timeout at the end of the tape. It seemed to work ok on the 82558 (fxp1). Doing it again to test some more. thanks, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > At 12:44 AM 7/18/2001 -0700, Craig Shaver wrote: > >Running in 100baseT. Tried to add an old intel 82558 pci card and got > >scrolling timeout SCB messages on the second nic during boot. Had to > >shut off the box and remove it to get it to boot properly. The old 82558 > >cards had been working great in 3.x. Did the driver change? > > The driver has, but you can use the old one. Switch the fxp comments in > /usr/src/sys/conf/files and recompile your kernel. Can you post to the list > what exactly the SCB timeouts were ? > > ---Mike > > >thanks, > > > >Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > > > Are you running it as a 10baseT card or a 100baseT ? The problem for most > > > only seems to be in 10baseT mode, and yes its the onboard one that gives > > > the grief. The PCI version seems to work just fine. > > > > > > ---Mike > > > > > > On 17 Jul 2001 18:48:17 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware you wrote: > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >I am searching for a new network card to test on a 4.3-REL system. For > > > >some reason the fxp driver (Intel pro/100) is causing problems. I am > > > >getting excessive timeouts and spontaneous reboots under heavy load. Do > > > >any of the other supported cards work well with 4.3-REL? > > > > > > > >Some of my problems may be due to using onboard Intel 82559. The mail > > > >archives showed several people having timeout or reboot problems with > > > >this chip set. Any other experiences with Intel 82559 based NIC? > > > > > > > >thanks, > > > > > > Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) > > > Sentex Communications Corp, > > > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada > > > "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers > > > could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) > > > >-- > >Craig Shaver, My Itty Bitty Dot Com > >POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 (650)390-0654 > >http://www.progroup.com/ mailto:craig@progroup.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Network Administration, mike@sentex.net > Sentex Communications www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike -- Craig Shaver, My Itty Bitty Dot Com POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 (650)390-0654 http://www.progroup.com/ mailto:craig@progroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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