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Date:      Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:32:27 +0100 (CET)
From:      Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fxp network problems on alpha
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0403091730510.4748@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
In-Reply-To: <16461.60463.679464.180533@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0403091245060.4143@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <16461.60463.679464.180533@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

>
> Sten Spans writes:
>  >
>  > I am experiencing a quite serious problems with the fxp
>  > interfaces in my alpha running 5.2.1 ( the problem also shows
>  > up with current ). The easiest way to trigger the problem
>  > is to run netperf (benchmarks/netperf). The interface
>  > dies almost immeadiately.
>  >
>
> What cpu type do you compile with?

towel# grep CPU /etc/make.conf
CPUTYPE=ev56
>
>
> I use an ev6 machine with an fxp and it works just great.  All my
> kernels are built with my cpu type set to ev6 in /etc/make.conf:
> CPUTYPE=ev6
>
> (or use ev56 if you have an ev56)
>
> And with the appended patch.
>
> Can you see if either or both help you?

I have replaced the nics with xl's which work fine.
I'll try to reproduce the problem on the ds10 which I
have at home.

-- 
Sten Spans

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen - Anthem



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